New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-10

seems .' DOOR thoughtcss. helpless creature ask
you in her name II her case comes WITHIN your
"A Workman" asks to send him money 70
enable him TO buy par ,o or ooo' that g"i declined
telling him If he could AFFORD TO buy tobacco no
could afford to buy boots. .,... ,.ro,. -
my solicitors informing them that they were CON- I'M
missioned to sell prSpsr ad'pins h ne matter
should be put before me in the hope that s man1
buy It. and thus add another 10 my """'
bount!es to the public
who gives not. IL not living
The more you live
Thus saith the leech's daughter
Gratitude Is not always shown FOR heip tehdersu
but here is genuine example OF H. although sa-
pressed in peculiar phraseoosx r me netitioner
his ever greatful for your benevoence tnrew tnS
sick vissiter in my Illness and as on du'ey ooun'
Various are the forms OF begging, A., GOOD
woman once sent me what she called an a'n so,c.
tive carol" which ended with the toho"'hs '"''''
Dear Sis.
Fls ss : sI%N 's n carol fs4 sGs%
Xmas blessi1gs and Happy New Year
An "Old Man of the Sea- once tried to get some
money from me under the following Sin suh had
Paine al Roscastle went on board snip ana hau
little conversation with the captain ,ar fron,
sailed and few days after receives 'e',. n;s;om
h,m in which he said he had come INTO coision
Win shin causing damage to the extent OF 10
Would help him, although stranger Ia. - sn ese
wa, MAS a, az the same time telling him the man
was stranger My agent asked the DIG sa "a.
VIZ he had applied TO me. having only seen Ine
once: to which he replied he thought mad iork-
out able sort of face.
A TRANSLATOR OF SHOES
have looked in the Trades Directory III nam n, Of
the business OF my next Correspondent ernm, his Liter
assistance. Here is an extract from ms 80 80 O
II am a Young man. twenty-four years OF age; q
good scholar and bearing good ch mara, ~ boo,s
present occupation is that OF raisI,1i I'd boo,s
and shoes that H. maIer-up OF secohdhann uo
nd shoes, and assure you SIT u - al, raadiIv he.
ably poor one'-which, indeed can ie""''' W.
II is said that Freedoms battle once p s1d AZ
,,ust needs he continued from sire 10 SOIL anu ~
il seems TO be with beggars; II you one ~ shats
their solicitations. il becomes very dncu, ~ rtrv
tbem OF for they appear look upon your chatiy
in the light OF a vested right which you are hoS
entitled discontinue who9, i, rhsr man 70 whom
have asionally given relief ana tns II WHAT ITO
says: -, ,.,, In ,as, ec, to a per.
sonal matter which | scarcely know how to explain;
then had IA good head OF hair put since ,,IaS
time il has ceased grow, and FOR some y'aIs =
have had TO wear an artificial scalp. which = now
withered broken, and so worn out ana s ha nm
that can scarcely keep 1t on my mead, nas -
come absolutely necessary TO buy new one F. H.
retain work The persgn r wmH and exact
and shall have to London to be ntted; ana no
wait at least day TO get II rIg nnov enough The
article itself will cost quite two euneas, oxo.
But where is the necessity for ms ho, pn be con-
demned TO death for his crime, ne was asneu os
the Judge what he had 10 say before sen,c'es h
pronounced "A man must live my lord sara Ii he;
II see no necessity" said the Judge. and proceedrd
with his duty Nature mai gwen % TO procure
new scaIps neat black skullcap answering d" re-
quirements ,.. -. .. from, tho Rlack (,oun-
,rv informs me that Poverty is "A relative Term
and depends upon the constitution o, men ,n car and
IL is true / have always had enough 70 - hm,
have never borrowed money or Deen IN uep,, vue
What Of that? feel that within me tnat n mass So
me miserable until have seen niagara anu Hs'
Peters az Rome | understand music thorousnS;
theory and practice but have never sen an
Town Han and for years have dreamed Oh me
Festival long to hear the sfe ;he absrt Hail
i,ut these are ali forbidden pleasures and this,
SIR to like me constitutes poy,dtTS No, sssi
after reading his letter, strange W ray "'' NV "
inclined TO help him.
A SHABBY KIND OF BEGGING.
Here il a somewhat peculiar application a man
writes as follows sir: havinx WI Mn NAV
brg of YOU TO help me TO keep Her and myself from
Il have before shown that some people are quite
willing 10 accept assistance in kind but mere 10
an individual who would prefer to take IL IN casn.
The secretary Of village reading room. haVi ,ns
applied 10 m lp Daily but in
nv offer he said he would prefer 10 nave IL In
money ''if it were all the same TO me-
"a widower with seven children INFORMS me
that he is DESTROYS OF marrying his deceased wifes
si.,er but that she prudent woman declines 10
do so unless he obtain q Situation WIN twS
hundred a year would help him 70 such berth!
Az a matter of course the number OF applications
for assistance to enable inventors 10 develop their
ideas Is legion. and will content myself Win
giving me example In the words OF my CORE
spondent who says: Having made an extraordi-
nary wonderful discovery. and have succeeded In
nerfectlng an Apparatus | have invented for the
Discovering Lost Vessels, and observing py tne
,aners thaf Won are Interested i'm the promotion OF
r. Arts and Sciences has induced me to hope
that you will pardon the liberty take as workinx-
In addressing these rev INES 10 you III the h T1
nv invention cut. | will now describe what my In
imyyen,;on viii accomplish; by its application even
,tls
Authentic Information can be obtained OF all fu-
me csuse and date 81 the Disaster. and the place
where the Inflated vessel has gone Down, so that
all valuable articles moniss sona may 70 Ss toe
much damaged" My correspondent informs me
thar he has been in comm unicaton with the Admir-
atv but that they will do nothing and concludes
with this postscript Il am informed by friend OF
m reaze ." by Royalty alone at least 100000 year
That invention still remains In an undeve!opeo
''''e CONSIDERABLE CORRESPONDENT.
How considerable some people are. Here Is .
tempting OYER from an unknown correspondent:
dear S,r; var Amener Know you are very
busy man. but have an abundance OF time on ny
The charity OF others Hoping to hear from you"
SO much for besgars OF the middle and working
sn,rey and independent organization He
has language and system OF MS own oy wnicn
,nu ms and OF the dispositions OF individuals living
on his line OF march Oficia Investigations have
shown that begging has been the PROFESSION OF tne
same family for several generations In succession
and although they always protest they are anxious
4, work ~ they get H.. very casual exautna.
ticn OF their hands reveals the fact that they never
used them in manual labor. Many OF them manage
TO live uncommonly well a beggar once called at
my sisters house and declared with whine. that
he was starving my sister offered him the half OF
a loaf but this he apurned and said In anything but
a whining tone. I'm not bread hungry"
II would be possible to extend these experience
adj intinitum but l will close with an anecdote
once read OF a rich man who too readily complied
with demands similar TO those ! have described
and who came to grief AMI poverty In consequence
His friends made "A collection ON his behalf, and
he spent portion OF the money In causing a monu-
ment 10 be prepared for bis grave. On the
monument was figure holding a chopper IN its