The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-07-16
SUBTLE MEp IS
OF PLUM s. 8
SOME WlERD REASONS
FOR APPOINTMENT tn
FEDERAL OFFICE.

What induces so many people t
seek office is perennial mystery Il
the plain citizen content with his loi
in private life.
When General Black was commits
sioner OF pensions in President Cleve
lands first term, woman came Ia
him asking for an appointment in his
bureau, and taking great pains to ex.
plain the fact that she had a strone
lrecommendahon from her Representa-.
tive in congress esgsiraS elack called
for the letter aneNfead This logical
| plea; s3
"rhss8 Who desires clerk.
/ ship is Je safzment, assures me
mat sh n of the wife OF
the son s;.sss. dead VIM
served '.r ,.ss'' so @@o
lie wa refEsall8er sbim, an
honest ual. 8ffd good DeHlo a.. an
to suchsextent You may 49, 80
] virtues likely to beSsess, s4
sin to the bearer by fEsf hisl ar
Sviage OF their children, I (N to
commend her to your consideration .
This problem in eugenics was equal
ed by an Industrious problem present
ed in an application from a man who
could do so many things that the APP
1 pointing officers were una bic to de-
eide what work to put him at il they
accepted his services.
For four years" said he, Il travel
ed in the United States on a tour or
sociologic and economic observation
and worked in nearly all the states
and principal cities.
Started without any money and
commanded salaries at the following
professions trades and kinds Of COM
mon labor: Surveyor, craftsman,
writer FOR Newspaper and MAGAZINES
carpenter, boat and bridge builder,
blacksmith's and boilcrmakers help
er, farm hand, cook, hunter OF reese
and ducks for market, photosrapher
lumbermun, lecturer, shoYeler on rail
road grade, dish washer. silineler
teamster, cowboy and cattle shipper,
solicitor cleaner Of old bricks, rail-
road steel worker, wood chopper. saw
mill and tory operative, los rafter.
advertising writer, etc. Immune from
malaria fever Bmountain fever. lazy
fever or any other diease Not afraid
ior heat orcold from exposure. Of wild
animals, microbes, men, political par
ties or work. Can swim any river in
the United States. Expert with shot
gun; can also shoot rifle. Can endure
fatigue and handle GANGS OF men
Realizing that some of these asser
tons may be doubted, / have on de-
post in a savings bank the sum Of
$50, which | will forfeit If | cannot
substantiate every statement when
put to practical test"
At the opposite end OF the scale of
self-adyertised efficiency comes this
applicant. with his appeal 20 the see
rotary OF the interior, whom he adj
dressed with great puncctlio AS
Sion. Gentlemen and Others
Heretofore" he writes. when
was employed In some shops. was at
some German places in America sub
JtNlNQ 70 titEtl lHSAIlss OWNtIS Oh
shops and stores aud their employees
limited as though | was a thief aud
fraud, swindler and rascal L
could not stand such insults any Ion
ser
Sat present | have a very sore toe.
A few days since / was employed, so
that l could not hold anything in that
hand. feel otherwise well enough to
take up employment. with due re-
yards for Your highlY honored oonsid-
Grafton etc
For mingled frankness and BUSH
nesslike enthusiasm, the prize dn.
doubtedly belongs to an applicant
who passed presidents and secretaries
by and went at the civil service com-
mission in this engaging style;
Il want a place in the Indian SER
vice that pays a fair sort OF salary
have been keeping tab on the stories
regarding the Indian school at Dash
burg. clipping regarding which
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