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Show A POOM UNFORTUNATC. lis llss risslr ef ., hut n. Is At W1S srrol.1 of tlels. ro.,r, Wo knoiv raaii who deserve a great deal of pity. Jtelspowpsscdof noose ant lands and stocks and tamla and horses and cattle, and the world calls bin rich Almost evstrlwly envies him. He wears his brnsdcloth and diamonds every day, nnd drinks good wine. It sooie-body sooie-body el-i will pay for It I lint llili rich man feels very poor III whole life Is a round of direst anprehen .Ion. He laafrslt I lis hank will brisk. lis studies Hie Onsnelst record as It his life 1 depended on whst ho read lie ranmt sleep It l,o hears that any one of the rail roads whoso bonds he holds Is cot psilog expenses. 11 lies awake nlgl to and worries about nro, an t If bo bears tho alarm he Is out of lied nn I dress! ur with llstit nlno snet-l. 1 le Is afraid It may lie some ot Lis liiilldlURi. If anvlmdy talks about murrain lis grows palet he has thousands ct dollars invested ineatlle 111 always ulklng niiont I art times. It Is dimeult. he siys, fur hhn to make ao-counts ao-counts lislaaee at tho cod ot the year, lie 1 at snth nn etpenM. anil so llttlo coming In Tstes ire enormous, outrageous, lu fstt, an 1 how he Is g"pg to psy Ibem Is more Ihvn ho knows. Thrro ought M l soinrll Ing ilitis to lower this tax rate It Is esllngeiervumlyont nf l.ouse sod home His tandly are under lb cloud of his poverty continually He burs the cheapest cheap-est steak and the strongest butter nod suggest lo Ms wife lint they should us Molasses fnsteal ot sugar, limes are hi lard. He wonders whero on earth thsl liarrel nf flnur has gone to. II never saw anvbody use mi much flour as they do. If they are n t tairtul they'll have to go to the almshouse yet. Ho Is alffats rntMl.g down his wife's supply of ii.icl.ct money He knons el el-net el-net so careful alsiut her expenditures as she mlkhl be. nnd be says lui widic Le could la n wnmati for a srelL Ho'd see ! Ihose swindling dreesniskrrs an I lnlllluers Ii, ivllv would net relish If any of Ids workmen are two minutes lel.ln t lime In the morning 1 o gnuns and frels bitterly atuneml, and vows he will cut iheoi down to per cent If such a thing occurs again. He'll let Ihrm know that lets not aolnglopsy them for loafing up aiuldowullieslreils. Nn.ilr Holsalsrvrryliudrdiwn Ifoidyafew cent tan lie savi-l. I n says It is worth White Hewatitsto irv anl get enonith togelher to lake hlln throtuh Hot llius are so bird and InvrsllnenU so llrkllsb Ask hlmforcUrlir. alii) ho wilt look at you as If I e deemed Ton mad t ant hlin in give aoinelliliig for H ullh'a fsmlly of children, ten of em M y go si beavrnl whalsieri mil smith leaihluk'iutof I raleo so nisn) children Dkin t he know lie was p.Nir! Didn't lie knew It cost money lo f. isl so many mmithsr Foe his patt be ha ways enough for wh ill tile ..pareessli he gets tounwltti nut feeding Uioso ten child ran that had no business to ba born . hat If eilullh dl I git kllW by falling f rom ll root of cne ot hie building that 1,0 was repalrlug! That wasn't his lookout! It was bmllli , He lilln't any business to fallt be was pullforstaylngupthcre and LiylngsLIn gls liot fallliigdiiwiinnilgtlllug killed. Ask I !iu fur money for lh minister Its will lough lu lour fvee, and Instance HU Vnu and several 01 heroin lent wort hies, who prcaiLcd f ,r nothing alut ftiiltal them selves He doesn't want any minister If evrriboily Uhared as well as bo does there would In no Lecd of ministers. I And we quite airvewlth him; for If all the world wire like 1. 1 in It eertaluly would nut lw worth sariug. It wout 1 not boa laiilng Investment. Kal Ihoru la New York Weekly. |