Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-05-29
HE is WORRIED.
And, nrom His Story, He Has Good
Cause to he.

Cause to BE.
Il made u shocking discovery the other
day." said young railroad man last
evening, "a discovery that compels me
either to quit eating at my favorite res
taurant or to move out of the contest suit
Of rooms in New Orleans"
'That's an astonishing dilemma" said
friend to whom this confidence was ad-
dressed. "What the dickens has hap
pened"
II have discovered that my landlord
and my waiter are one and the same per-
son." replied the railroad man mourn
fully.
"Well, what of it?" asked the friend in
some surprise.
"What of it! Good heavens Is it
possible you don't appreciate the embar-
rassment of such situation? To begin
with, owe three months back rent and
have been standing off the collector with
series Of pathetic hard luck stories. At
the same time have to tip my waiter or
he won't bring me anything to eat But
how in the world am going to do either
one thing or the other with any SEM
blance Of good grace in the future?
II can't claim to be stone broke as long
rs have money to squander on tips, and
it would he hideously awkward to offer a
man a gratuity as long rs l owe him an
honest debt. Yet if l don't tip him he
will have double cause for grievance,
and I will probably be both starved and
evicted. It's most painful predicament.
'Then, again, 1 have lost my royal
North American right to kick. 1t makes
my flesh crawl right now to think how
have browbeaten and bulldozed the man
who owns the roof above my head. Here
after when he brings me burned steak
and trapped potatoes I'll have to look
pleasant and say nothing. l see clearly
that my pleasant little scheme Of life is
knocked in the head by the accidental
discovery that John Henry owns the
ramshackle but delightful barracks in
which my den is located.
1T is very sad. I had no idea that
walters ever did such things as own tene-
ment houses. When get to the legisla-
ture, l shall introduce bill making it a
misdemeanor." - New Orleans Times.
Democrat.
The plan of DR.. D. x. rearsons of
Chicago to give away his fortune while
he lives is something unique in the phil
anthropic line and sets a most COM
mendable example to men of great
wealth Who desire to benefit the condi-
tons Of their less fortunate fellow
men. DR.. Pearsons' method embraces
the feature Of reserving an annuity of
2 per cent from his requests, which,
according to his own statement, have
already reached the sum of $2,5O0,OO0,
to be increased $1,5OO,OOO more, max
ing 100000 in all "a magnificent
sum. 1t will be seen that DR.. Pear
sons per cent. annuity will give him
an income Of $4,000 during the rest of
his days. This will provide an ample
allowance for liberal living and liberal
giving from the income and also for
accum ulation for personal requests il
he chose. The annuilies will. Of
course, cease ut his death and will
swell the income Of the educational in
stitutions to which the original be-
quests were made. DR.. Pearsons is 80
years old, and IL he lives few months
more he will have the satisfaction OF
seeing his schemes OF benevolcnce car
ried out in accordance with his desires.
He will avoid the Inheritance taxes.
which are really contributions of instt
tutions benefited to the state, and,
what Is best Of all, he will avoid all
will contests, which so often spring up
In the most unexpected way and defeat
the purpose of q testator.