To the Editor of the "Norrs-Cutna Dalny News."
Sin,—Wilk you kindly to spare some space in your esteemed edition for the following matter?
We, four educated young men (Russians), having each a, special knowledge such as: engineering, electrical mechanics, locksmith trade and riding-mastership, have exerted ourselves to tha utmost to find some position or job, but all our efforts proved vain and useless.
Now, being reduced to extremity, we decided to have inserted a letter in the newspapers expecting that somebody would answer and make some proposition.
For our part we offer all who like it to make a trial of our experience, energy, will-power and spirit of enterprise.
We are prepared to hold any wager, even the most absurd if it were,—provided that it is not prohibited by the law.
We are ready to take upon ourselves to perform a race on motorcar, motorcycle, yacht or motorboat for the advertising its solidity or speed, the distance being fixed by the agreement with theamanufacturera.
*For the same purpose we can prove the solidneas of foot-wear by walking any distance, even though 5 or 10 thousand miles. Any proposition of work, if even the hardest and minimally paid off, would be nevertheless acceptable.
We will accept any proposition of any job abroad, at any terms, og agents, workmen or in any other capacity.
We hope that the readers of these lines will think them over and offer us something, for it is the last resort, the last stake of starving people driven to extremity, who, owing to the exceptional circumstances, cannot return to their Mother-country.
Each of us has several wounds got during the German and civil wars.
We have lost our relatives, our friends, our homes and our wealth which formerly enabled us to support other people in need.
Do help us with some work; ro-Forget the saying: position and believe us that we never
"A friend' in need is friend indeed." a We are, ete., Four Russians.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.