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zhj. c;;::co: su;;day .journal, i-c:;tland, Sunday r.:o:N::TG, aiiul
How Harris W oh His Point;;
Success Story of the Mines.
By Chacll
ARRIS wu tand1ng Hone at th pit's
mouth., Tb picture before blm was
not attractive, even la full glare of
the sun, and now the darkness made
- it all the more desolate and gloomy.
He bad corae to take a last look at the old :
Charles mine.' ,
, Harris had been, the brain, the will, the
soul of this black bole In the around. Now,
' alter be had spent the best part of his life
in this dark vein of the earth; now, when ;
destruction was Impending, he was, to be held
back; his ambition and enorgy were to be
crushed, destroyed by a man who could not
see or understand the strange new forces
that had shouldered their way Into the coal '
Industry,. " ,.; . , . ,
The Charles mine was owned by John'
Wells, a man of the old school of mines and .
mining, and not to be counted on to hold his '
own in the competitive method of modern
mining. For year Harris had aspired to
' the position of superintendent, snd now that "
' be had attained the dream of bis ambition
by hard work, he was to be replaced by Doug
las Wells, the erratic son of the owner. ,
A Harris ttood before the old mine the
' one great desire of hi Ufa came to him .
for power and authority. With these two-
, weapons bo knew he could fight a good bat
tle for the old mine. He believed be could .
find a way to increase the1 capacity of the -Charles
mine beyond that of the nearby Bher
burn mine, and put the old mineVn a paying .
bssla, v.v ...'."..
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. ( Harris Longs for Powers JVV.
But without the power to do, to make his
energy count, It would be from breaker boy
to' breaker boy. - The thought of this fate
burned hlsbrain11ke fire. There came to
him the true meaning of the Ufa's work of
many a good coal miner. 'Starting as break-'
r boy It was a long pull to a full fledged
miner: then as age comes on and the miner
is weakened by some disease incident to mine'
work, h begins to drop down, rung by rung.,
over the same bumble ladder by which he
climbed up. ,-
When. I do go down," though Harris,
Ms whole soul ablase at the injustice being
Jieaped on Mm, " it will be by tb gravity
of human Bfe, and not by a push from the
'foot of - a detestable, drunken 'dreamer'
beet" : ,::'.".;.-!';.
' Harris Wt the mine and' found Wall sit-',
ting on the veranda at his palatial resi
dence. ' .:.'. . 'V.,
-,' r Mr. WeM." said Harris. Tve come to
eH you that t must leave you. t believe
you understand why it Is Impoestbls for me
: to remain longer." ,.' ' j,v
" I'm sorry to hear that. Harris, for I need ,'
you here; but I can't afford to spend money
trying to keep bp with your modern Ideas
and ambitions as a superintendent. And be- .
Idea.' exclaimed the old man, " f believe
my so has struck his gait, lie never lacked
anythJn except steady application: h aU f
way had a good head, and now I'm going to
give, him a chance." ... .":
t:., v'f J ..''';
i."';.;;"s Wort i Again at Minr. . ,
"The next Morning found Harris seeking,:
work as a common miner at the Bherburn
mines, He bad heard of the wonderful oper-
atlona of this mine, but be never understood
. what it meant until be saw It with his own
yes. It was a wonderful revelation, for v.
' 'the Bherburn mine was a model example of
' electrical mine working. Here were modern
"mechanical coal nutters and coal drills oper- (
sted iby electricity and compressed , air. -K
very car of coal was hauled from the mine
by electrical locomotive. The traction sys
,' tern of electrical baulags was a part of the -'.
equipment which tnade thoughts fly through '
Orders of Boss Not
Kno the Rules and
Know the Rules and
By Edwin
I OUNQ man. If you always obey orders
you ars apt to remain at the foot of
the ladder.,' .-' . '
Probably you have heard a lot of
talk about the cardinal virtue of obe- -
dience, 'but tt Is a fact Oiat th men who
have disobeyed orders the most frequently
are th men who got to be junior partners-
provided they discriminated properly mthelr
-riUnhMllanr.
disobedience.
One ther was a night fir alarm from '
th Dee ring harvester works, upon, the north
branch of the Chicago river. ' When the fire
, engines arrived they found th night watch- .
. man on guard at a twelve foot gat.
" Ye can't com In her," he declared. 4
; Ol have me ordeV nivlr to open trl gat
.'kfter slvln at' night.: Tes'B bar to drive
j 'round on Clybourn .r-vinue, or I lee stbay out" . 1
' ; .' ' ' .''..'
'''"" ' Common Sanio Is tao Hoy. .
The firemen smashed In th gat with their
f ae.' nd th next morning the. watchman.
' wa discharged because h obeyed orders
literally. ' "' "
. ' . Rule ar for peopt with llttl brain
, power. Th quick, astute, self -thinking man
." the uni) who gets ahead In the world le .
the mexj who makes his own rules.. WUhlii ;
certain limits, ot course, he refuses to be
bound by th petty restrictions which pre
' vent him from 'exercising common sensot
'After an, common sense I th key to the
whoJ thing. .If yoor mployr-refuses to...
allow you th right to develop that neces
sary quality, th us of your brains, then;
quit him. Ther ar other employers who"
ar looking for you who want your brain,
Refuse to be a mere rule worker. - '
, '. .'- . " .''"',':' '
Ralos Shold Rot Bo Doomo. lafltxlblo.
Marshall Field,' In talking of th young
' men In his smploy, one said tomei ';." ,
" How seldom do w find a young man who '
will go ahesd and do a thing do It right!
If he I given orders, ho Wilt follow them
' as bHndly as a mule follow a towpath, or
. else he. will neglect them altogether and be
Indifferent. Ninety-nine men out of a hurt- '
dred Will stick to a rule when they know
the best Interests of their employer requlr
them to euepend It for thxoce, or modify '
: It to fit conditions. They will offend cus
' tomers and drive away trade, What wended ,
most In the commercial world Is young men
of perception who ar not governed hy rote.
'We want men to do things right, and when
a man see that a law of his establishment
PsxncooLst.
Harris' tver working brain, and these germ
thoughts stuck. . ;
It was Ilka 'living in a new world. Never
' before had he realised the efficiency and
economical production of Coal by electrical
power, and mechanical devices. As a com
mon miner,' with ths bead Of a superln
tendent hi saw plainly that the efficiency
of this mine wss so great that the saving
obtained In the end Increased the profits and
enlarged the output. Hew his heart glowed
to see the clean methods of machine produc
tion of foal. " ." - v
. 1Ie went into .the eooFnlght air, where he
could give freedom to his feverish brain.
Whlla fighting the battk that wsgud in bis
mind there shot .Into his brain a plan of how :
ha might save the Charles mine and all his -;.
friends and fellow-workmen from the dls- ,
ester which wa Inevitable with the dosing
of the Charles mine. The plan wa based '
on a hard fight with the two narrow mlnded
owners of the Chsrles.
, " . .-. -"": V ' ' ; i '
' ' Sec ft Way to Sacc4. '
All 4h seed of thought, th full years of
scheming, the knowledge and experleno of
life he had been acquiring everything ther
was in him came surging up Into on grand
purpose. How It came t him of a sudden,
born of on llttl msrk, which bad burned
Itself Into his brain, was beyond sxplanatlon. .
Planning and scheming, b went back to his
room, where be sat In deep thought until a
late hour. The be wrote a Utter, etplaln
lng In detail all the conditions pf th Charles
mine.' " ' v i . : '
sA. few days latef . atranger Visiter this
mine, and th rigorous examination he put
th eld ui In through mystified th mlns.
workers. ' H asked quesUons about th ex
tent of area, how it opened, depth of rfoal,
dally output, water supply, and a hundred
othsf thing ' .
-That evening th stranger had a long talk
with Harrl at th houL They sat with
heads Ugthr. talking In low tones, for an
hour or so; then thy mad their way toward
Wells' bom. ,''.'"
Until late Into the night th four men fought
r wordy battle In John Wells' library. Th
itranger was putting Op a good fight and
hitting th tin hard. . Th fact and figures
he hurled, at the two Wall operators de
feated every argument they could put up. . ,
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- Bdcomtt Bogg Oaet Mar.
John Wells was so set In th waysof th
old school that It wss som tlm befor b
could be mad to see th Inevitable danger of
sticking to old methods, vn When It wa
pointed out to him that the lives of his work
men were Imperiled by the methods he used. :'.
The man who had so mysteriously Visited
the Chsrles had obtained data on which to es-t
tlmate the cost of a mechanical plant: f
proper slss for thja particular mine. ,
When John Well did got his syes opened
to the full meaning and Value of a complete
mechanical equipment for Ms mine, he re'
grettrd that Jhls .obstinat Idea never had
been challenged before. . ' . 1 ; '.
With the land mapped out: with boilers,
engines,' dynamos, compressors, wiring,
piping, undercutting machines, electric loco-,
motives, etc., all formed Into-a complete plant
and turned over with machinery Inoperatlon,
Harris, the reinstated superintendent, -felt
that It bad been worth while to drop from
superintendent to common miner and tbes be
obliged to fight his way back again.
- Th one little mark that had flashed through
Harris' troubled mind and burned Itself Into
hi brain on that eventful night after a few
days' labor In the Bherburn mine was a cer
tain trade mark which stood out with force
ful mesnlng on every engine and machine.
Alway s Sacred.
Why They Make 'Emi
When to Break Em.
M; Woolley.
would be clearly wrong In a given esse,
should follow his judgment . - " v..
he
Marshall Field' Missouri CItrk.
' "Once a young fellow cam up from a
little town In' Missouri and wa given a.
place s clerk In the Marshall Field Co.
retail -et ore. A few days afterward a cus-
.0me good, an hour
. . .
previous, cam carx ana snowea tnat tne
goods were damaged. She only had half an
hour to catch -a train for her home, several
hundred miles from Chicago. It wa clearly
Axatnat th rule to exchange goods without '
th O. K. of th department manager, who
was not within ready call. - The clerk from -Missouri
Instantly exchanged the . goods,
wrspped them, himself to save time, and sent
th oustomer away in tlma to mak th
train. .'';' .", -,,'''"'";'.
"This young' man now Is a European
buyer tor th firm. He doe things right,
regardless of petty rule. He 1 not a hid-;
bound man, but Is big enough to take re
sponsibilities. , W want that kind of men.
They ar sure to Oil th high positions."
Young man. If you have staid for a long
time In one position, the chances ar that It
Is because you have been too much a plod
ding, obedient spiritless sort of man, afraid
to mak a move unless somebody told you to
do this or do that Get out of the rut. '
'V ''" ',.
Tragic Rosnlt of Obeying! Ralos. ; ;
' t remember distinctly an aggravated ln
stano of rule obedience which cam wlthjn
my ' personal observation. A child drank
poison and It frantic mother tried to call a
physician by telephone. The party line hap
pened to be busy and the parrotlike operator
refused to break the connection. '
' ." It's against the rule," she asserted.
"You'll have to wait tilt th other party is
through. i . . ' . , ', .
. Th child jdied because th operator was
bound hand and foot by a rule made tin gov
era ordinary, and not extraordinary, condi
tion. Afterward, a a newspaper many I
Interviewed the manager of th telephone
company and asked htm If the girl would
have been discharged had she given thVcon
nectlon desired. He sighed. . .
The greatest trouble w hav," he replied.
" Is because our employee have no power of
discretion."
I will venture to say ttiat this manager
himself held hi position-because he had
disobeyed a Jousend rules.
V
71
If
Words Will Not Sell Goods;
Hov College Man Fell Dowii :
By iH;
0'
T late year w have been bearin g argu
ment pro and . eon on th value of a
college education for a man tntendtag
to enter business. I will not attempt
- to argue on either .one side or th.
other, but simply will rlat my own ex
perlenc. ;.'- . .-, ' - - ;.
I waJtbora and raised) In Chicago. - Ooa
trary td general opinion,' ther ar Just a
many " hayaeed " In Chicago as In ths rural
dtstrleta By. this I mean that If a fresh
young Chicago boy t plaoed In gurrouadinn
that ar nsw and Strang to him h. will be
Just much lost
aa "Reuben Oluo" On hi
first visit to town.
Until tha Mm t left oIlg I had no Idea
of th condition that prevail la th country
or small town , If Phad been asked to de
: scrib a fanner I would hav pictured an old
farmer as a man with long, tangled whisker,
with a straw In his mouth, a battered straw
or phig hat oa hi head, a lone linen duster,
soiled trousers, and ? congress gaiter a" II
Invariably carried a cat-pet beg and said
, "taown and k entry," and tried to corner the
gold brick market A young farmer had a
pleasant, silly mil, a snippy llttl derby
hat, a cost too short and trousers that missed
hit boot top by several Inchea ; ... ,
' "' . . o . v. ; ; .; "
, - Cltr Boy's lda of Farmer.
Th feminine member wer different t v
Would hav described " mother " a an old.
Whit haired, bespectacled lad, slthef fat
or thin, who said " Naow, Hiram " and kept'
'desperate hold of her husband' coat tails.
Tha daughter of th family was f a quit
unllk peies. How So wonderful a sreatur
occurred In. such a family was a mystery
. that I not only never tried to solve but which '
never occurred to me. She always was
" buxom." . I sever hav found any clas or
,rao of people so invariably buxom as this '
beauteous farmer's daughter. Oh was red
cheeked, wore a short skirt, and spent her.
days In milking cow and boxing th ear of
th hired hands. All people outside of th
cities wer to be found ln one of these four "
classes, i '.. . ' ' -' ; ,
. As I attended college In a large city I had
' no reason to chsngs my opinion of country
'people. . '''',' y 'i- ''.';
: .While in college I made a special study of i
psychology and oratory- I had the great,
honor of winning several debates. In fact, .
before th end of my college career I was
recognised as one of the bestrdebaters not.,
only In school but In the'rival colleges. "
. Now, befor the and of my course (urged
by several gentle reminders from my par-,
snts) I began to look around In order to de- -eld
what wa to be my future career. In
toxicated by the glory coming to me from -my
debating, I had taken a course that :
helped m in this, but It did not, a I began
to perceive, give m any. special training
for the serious business of life.". :
. - ; . -' ' 'l '."'-.' ...'
; Loams Oratory In College. -
A my oratory aeemed to be th only thing
of value to me acquired in college, the only
thing that I really knew much about I de
cided to try to mak us of thi gift. It oc
curred to me that ae I knew the various
steps of argument and could convince the
Judge in a debating contest, why, then, could
I not convince a buyer of th value of any
certain line of goods? I thought that I would
get a Job as traveling salesman and bring
into play my well known ability as an orator.
I had read of th large amount of money
made by traveling salesmen. With the ad
vantage over them of knowing each step of a
convincing argument, I thought a goldn fu
ture was awaiting me.
' , Befor th commencement day had dawned
I had applied to the " brain broker " for a
job a drummer. For th small sum of 125
they found me a position aa salesman for th
" Eureka acetylene gas plant." I wss given
a run out ot Chicago through th small towns
of Indiana, i . .-.:'
Th first town I struck wa a small Indiana
town on th Pennsylvania railroad. I won't
tell you the name, but if I Mv to be as old
Insanity Nurses Face Perils;
Made to Struggle with Death.
'ftBy Mary Watson. ; '
EW people appreciate the difficulty
trained nurses sometime hav with
delirious or Insan patient. : In th
days of my apprenticeship, when I was
-' , glad to take anything that came along,
I was offered 110 a week to go to Wisconsin
and take charge of a woman who wa af-
Dieted with a nervous disease. She wa -somewhat
flighty, bat never bad been re
garded aa dangerous. I bad a pleasant horn
and th dally drives wer such a treat to m
that I settled down with gratitude to enjoy
the peaceful life In small place.
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'X Wll Wnim Soiios Patlont,
1 On day when every on In th house ex
cept my patient and myself wa at th
county fair I noticed that she had th pre
monitory symptoms of a spell, and I prepared
to give her th regular quieting powder pre
scribed by the physician. Thi waa about fiv
grain of sulphate of morphia. 8h waa
accustomsd to th drug and could take this
amount with safety.
. Wa wer In th dining room at th time, and
I got on of th powders to glv her. I laid
the paper containing th morphia on th -table
and turned away to get a glaas of water.
I heard a low laugh behind me. and when 1
looked back I saw that ah bad taken up th
powder In on hand and In bar other hand set '
wa holding a large carving knife. . .
Bh looked st me exultantly, as If she had
thought of a good Joke and was prepared
to play It A I looked In her eyes I could
ZoIIoli - s.
as Uethueelab' grandfather I never will for-'
get th town. ' , ' .. v.. , '
Trylaf Flno Wordt'oa Farmtr.
I dropped off th trsln on May morning
'With my sample carefully packed. I ex
pected, of courss, to meet with th farmer
as I have described. I wa surprised to
see that Mr. Jones, ths drat man on my list,
' was dressed much as ths people I had known
.In Chicago were. After recovering from my
surprise I cheerfully tackled him. Of course
1 hav forgotun most ot my oration, bull
remember with-what usto I let toes
this peroration on th poor, unsuspecting
Jones. v '.... j -t .-. , -
" air, I have called n you thi bright May
morning to addres you on th subject of
lighting. (Now for few compliments to get
my audience with ma). I am sure a progres
slva, capable, and aergetie business mat,
living a you do in such a beautiful city, will
ft It your duty to embellish your store
with th most modern of the works of maa.
" Now, sir, th subject of Illumination la
an Important on. . Light I something w
cannot do without. (Just a touch of humcr
I lighten, th discourse.) It Is not a light
subject, a you may suppose, but a grave, an
earnest, and a pressing on. Bear with me -but
a Httl while, my dear lr, whilst I run
hastily through th history of lighting tine
history first known to us.
',..,,.". ;
, , Castomtr riots from Spooctv
' "Many, many atone ago, when maa wa
In his Infancy, a creature of darkneea, but '
little separated from th wild beasts that
roam In th Jungl, light was unknown. We
may plotur th prehistoric man, brutish
and uncouth, crouching low aa ever and
anon' : "
But Mr. Jones politely' explained that be.
had to answer the telephone. As he did
not return immediately, in fact he didn't
return at all, I continued my oration to the '
Clerks who were present, hoping to influ
ent them o that they would put in a good
word for me.
The clerk ceenied to be much mor lntetv
ested In my speech than Mr. Jonee was. In.
deed, they took a lively interest although
I must confess they were a little too willing
to see the light touches of humor I bad
laboriously worked In'. I remember there
.were faint cheers when I reached this part:
.; " On the one hand we have the gross bar
barian tolling with Ma tJndor. On the other
the enlightened American easily Illuminat
ing tils hardware store with ths Eureka
acetylene plant. Gentlemen, where there
la light there Is civilisation. I repeat It,
gentlemen, whrr6 there Is light there 1 civill-
. sation,' there is Industry, there is an uplift
ing, a broadening of the soul." .
.'.".; " "'..' : :;v!
. Forensic Eloqaenco Uaavatllng;.
Much, to my sorrow I failed td make a
sale hers. This was due, I thought, to Mr.
Jones not returning. I mad several mor
attempt that day without selling anything.
Towards the end of the day I noticed In
the crowd that had collected around . me
(everybody seemed to be there out the pro
prietor) several of the clerks I had addressed .
earlier In th day. . This aeemed to m to be -highly
encouraging. ,
The follow ing morning after beginning my
ipeech to a Mr, Wambgamt. a saloonkeep
er. I heard a small boy outside shout, " HI.
feller, hurry up, h le In here," And a short
time later several of ths men I had spoken
a the previous day came In.. Befor th
day wa up I had quit a following. Men '
and boy tagged me around from place to
place. This wss rather embarrassing aa they
all crowded Into each place I visited.' At on
place, after beginning my. peroration,' the i
boss sputtered out, What sort of monkey
business hi this?" and promptly retired. .
After four day of notoriety that increased '
daily, and without making a sale, I pulled
up stakes and continued to the next town.
It took me nearly two weeks to And that
college oratory Is of no use when one wishes
to sell " Eureka acetylce ga plants." '
read the Whim that had salsed her, and I
wa not surprised to hear hersay:
"This time. I'm going to mak you take
your own medicine. " :',
'" ':.'. "!'.:' V,' - '
folsonotf at Point of Knifo.
-1 tried to sooth her andl to reason with
her, but all to vain. My persuasions only
caused her to grow mor exolted.. Bh ad
vanced upon me with the knife, and as she
was fkrg and strong and now thoroughly
angry I was too frightened to move. .
- ' I knew that for me the five grains of mor
phia was a dangerous, perhaps a deadly, dose
but menaced by the knife I took It, and even
humbly licked the paper In which it had been
folded. Then she was satisfied and her good
nature returned.
" Tou have made me drink thi now get m
th mustard and water If you can," I begged
faintly. ,.',,. , , .......,. .
;. ..'''' ,'' ,
Savosl by Following: 0t Play.
- Hrr fancy wa atruck. She was perfectly
willing to play th nurse for roe and hurried
ibout th bouse aa If sh understood that my
Ufa depended upon her speed) and Judgment.
She gave me the mustard and water and such
Other remedaee ' a k could suggest or sh
could think of, and befor th drug had a
chance to take effect th emetic had worked
thoroughly. I eniffered only slight Inconven
ience. - But after that I ws oaretul never
to turn ray back upon her when w wer
alone, ' . ;
t ,' ' - ' A .' .
WealthBring'sIts OvnW 02s;
Hard to Give Money Wisely.
. By a R.ich Man. .
I
AM unfortunate enough to be wealthy.
I did not mak eh money. , It wa left
to me, uherefor thi II not a success
story. - My wealth la great enough to .
make my nam well known. ' Few per-.'
sons know me, and in that I rejoice,' for it
lve mo the chance to enjoy myself among
my friend who do not worry me.
Certain duties fall upon a man who baa
wealuh, H may be as hard hearted and
Conscienceless and unfeeling a be Is said to
be, but even so he ba duties which hi con
science Impels him to attend to. Before I
was wealthy I had friends. I could mingle
with them In perfect good fellowship. On -hundred
of occasion I have heard fellows
wish they were rich and explain graphically
all the good they would do. A I expected to
be rich some day I mad no rash asaerttons,
bub give myself credit with planning even
then to try t do great good when I earn
Into my wealth. Perhapa I have succeeded
In doing some good. Psrhsps I might do
even mora good, but for th fear of doing
harm. . - ,. .
. " "r. I"
Whan I first Inherited my fortune I em-
:'lin.A J' ' T. ' . "7,7-
incuneo towara sociailam. and really a
sclenttfl humanitarian, to assist ma In char- .
Itable works. If It bad become known that
I wa seeking chances to do good, I would
have been ewampsd with application In a ;
day. ';". ,,'.,
0 0
' Charity Is Oantforont Bnslnoss. ''
', He acted for me in Investigating ease and
w discovered tbat at least 95 per cent of
all cases we Investigated wer unworthy of
help and that at least 10 par cent of thoee
W did try to help wer damaged by the
pecuniary assistant. I came to th conclu
sion Shea that charity Is dangerous busi
ness, and) ttiat those who most nsed and de- '
serve assistance scarcely can b found. .
It I small wonder that after a time, I
decided' to limit all giving tov cases discov
ered or heard Of accidentally and then only
after investigation of th most careful kind.
After a Mm I proceeded to do good scien
tifically and decided upon the following
things to do with mony:
To educate boys, especially street boy and
office boy who showed symptoms of bright
nee and good qualities. .
To have my representative visit hospitals
and pay for treatment of patient who ap
plied for admission and wer turned away
because too poor to enter th hospital.
To glvs temporary assistance in thform
of loan to young men stranded in the city
and looking for work. .' .,
' Ultimately, I decided the entire fortune
should go Into a colonisation and Irrigation
scheme in th southwest but that is yet a
dream. .
- . Man Havo Million Schomos.
Having pointed out th few difficulties that
beset a rich man who ardently desires to as
sist Ms fellow men I wtH sketch brte fly soma
of th propositions to which I hav listened.
The most Iraportunat person that besets
and dog th footstep of a rich man Is th
man who has an Idea that with little finan
cial backing, he can get extremely wealthy.
For the reason that he seeks selfishly after
millions and b money mad I generally de
cline (d assist him, being certain that wealth
In hla hand would do more harm than good.
When I receive one oflhese men personally
I begin, after listening to his plan, bysaytag:
" What will you do with the million when
you get Itr ' Not one of these visionaries
ba given that a thought. They want tbs
million for thsmselve and not for human
ity. : '- .'.- ' . , 1 ;
One man cam near answering. Tears leap- .
ed Into his eye when- I ssked the question,
and then ba said, thickly t " I'd let th missus
handle It 6 he'd know how to do good with
It" r I bscked that fellow, but w failed, and
he now 1 running a nioe little machine shop
I built for him, and Insists on paying Interest
on th money. '., ..
But what I started to tell wa about th
wonderful proposition that ar advanced by
Bossford Almost Got Iftch;
Rode Good Horse to Death;
By Robert Winter..
BOSSFORD la th young man who talks.
Ther ar several young men of whom
this may be said, but not ths wsy it
may b said of Bossford. Bossford
Is not A young man who talks, but
Th on. . Which is a fin distinction, but a
large one. Wherever Bonrford goe he I
known aa Th Tslkr. He goes everywhere
; and meet everybody, and it I hla talking
that take him around, for, save for the
facile tongue which I given him: Bossford
t is s poor as a church rat. H wa born
poor. He hs remained poor. A few weeks
; ago he started to remedy this condition.. Ho
was well on th way to do to, when. In com
mon English, "people got next".- And so'
Bossford still la poor. . ; ' '.
- Th get rich Idea began honestly enough.
A friend met Bossford la the street and said:
' " Hello, Boss, old man. Just the fellow I
.want to tee.. Going to give a little dell
, eateseen party up at th bouse tonight snd '
1 was scared to death for fear that I wouldn't
find you. Been without anybody , to help
' things go smooth, then, you know. But ,1
' now that I've found you I begin to breath
easy again. ' Tou' 11 come, won't your Got
to hav you, yoo know, old man. ' Party
wouldn't be anything without you.- Told a
lot ot people that you-'r coming, and they'll
look forward to meeting you with esger ears. .
: At T, please." v. . ;
' ; -- -.I-' .- a ' '. - -'
v Picks Vf $60 lasy Monoy.
Bossford thea and there told th truth.
Said b: " I'" awfully sorry, but I can't
com. I v got a lecture date for that night
at the Fortieth Century club. Got to go up
and amuse th Important people ot th city.
Can't possibly go to your place cost me IM
; If I did." ;, - "
Tbe friend was rich. He was ambitious so
cially. He knew hi limitation as an enter
tainer and he knew Bossford' capacities.
He reached Into hla vest pocket and extracted
therefrom three 120 bill.
"Plsss come with me," be pleaded, thruat
, Ing th money Into Boasford's hand. " I t
these wouluVb millionaire who seek a finan
cier to back them. ' ' .
.; ; a ' a '.' ". , ' -tavontora
All Are CranEs.
First, thsr ar th Inventors cranks ll '
but often man devoted entirely to their one
idea and mor than probably wasting Ufa
on tbat Idea. This olass I generally strive
to discourage In the most practical way, and
that is by spending a llttl money to hire
an expert to examine the Invention and
report on their practicability and their prob
able utilitarian worth. Not one In five is
practical and not on in ten of the practical
one are worth Inventing. If I am convinced
that his ldtaa ar practical and worth some
thing to humanity, I advance money enough
to start th man In business or to protect his'
Interests. ' .. .,''-,
Tha second class ar the schemers and pro
moter From this source com th wildest
lot of Ideas ever advanced by any one.
' One of the reoent cases wa that of a man
who cam to m to assist blm In a colonisa
tion scheme. H Wanted to colonize an Is
land, preferably th 1st of Plnea, with Amer
ican negroes, and, whlla developing the re
sources of ths Island, to settle the negro ques
tion. I hinted that Liberia waa not an entire
success, and gently told him that he could not
get the negro to leave the United States,
"I've thought that all out," he. said, en
thusiastically. "We'll raise watermelons,
. andl have drawn plans for a big opera house.
All we'll have to do Is to hire William and
Walker to play there every night and they'll
all go." . .'
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'laas Moantain a MUo Hlga. .
Last summer a man came with a scheme
to build a mountain a mile high within ten
milea of Chicago, With real snow on the
summit, real Alpine chalets, abysses, gla
ciers, and all. ' He had It figured out that
the trolley and roadhouse privileges would .
pay 8 per cent on th cost, and that much
more could be made by using the summit ss -a
cold storsgs plant and for harvesting ice.
He had plans all drawn for Ice slides from
the summit, ski and toboggan courses, ami
all. Hs expected It would take ten years to
build ths mountain, but he waa willing to
wait end still is waiting. . '
- Another freak came with a wave motor
idea. I have examined perhaps 200 wave '
motors, but thi on had them all beaten. All
the man wanted wa to build a combination
float and breakwater along the entire water
front of Chicago, to supply the city with all
heat light and power. Ho had over f.vm
worth of bin prints, made, to his order, to
show that th scheme wss feasible. .
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Traction Problem Is Easy.
- Solution of ' traction problem ran b
found very day by any one who has the rep
utation of being rich If he only will listen to
th ideas of collets. My secretary has tab
ulated about forty different solutions of Chi
cago's traction problem. Kndlees chains of"
rolling chair propelled by central power sta
tion caught my fancy because the ortglnaioi '
of the idea added detail which, made th--prospect
of that" kind of traction delightful,.''
He put in foot warmers . and adjustable
shades and awnings, and , had ' a scheme .
whereby the rider, by merely extending a .
board, would receive any paper or magazine
desired from the wayside stands. It took
two days to get rid of that man. .
On Idea, which Interested me vastly, tir.r
been Jost, because the promoter , waa too
much afraid I would steal his secret to U
entirely frank. H refused to reveal the
Inner working until he aw th money, but :
th outlln of th scheme wa enormously
interesting. ! HI plan was to educate boyu
and girls practically Instantaneously thus
saving them all the time lost in school anti
college. ' ; : r . ,1' ..' '"'','.
- Altogether th rich man who really'would
Ilka to help haa hi troubles. Even now I am
forced to bide my Identity for fear a ewarm
ot person would descend upon me, asklnic '
me to back them In scheme which might
help them and hurt a hundred other, '
1
. got to have you, and wilt protect you from
loss." . .. .. : , . i ' .,'.;,.-'.'
To oblige a friend Boesford took the 160.
and the Fortieth Century club wa informed '
that Mr. Bossford wss too III to lecture. So
. Bossford htd an idea.. Next week another -friend
Implored him to come to a social ,
gathering at his reddence. , ; ' . ' '
. " Tou know we've got to have you to make
' things go along smoothly," he said. -
Then Bossford begsn to gft rich nuick.
. "I'm awfully sorry, but I can t come." he '
. said. I've got a lecture for that night at
the Stein and Platter club. Got to go up and
. amuse them. Can't possibly go to your place. ' .
much ss I d like to. Cost me s.10 if 1 did. and
Tm too poor to throw money away like that."
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Cots His Datss Miitd.
This friend also was rich. Moat of th
people who Invited Bossford to help them
out on their entertainments were rich.
Fifty dollars?" said th friend. " H'm.
Say. Bossford. Just ss a piece of friendship.
If I stand your loss glvs you the flfty will
you throw those other people over and come
and help me out? Wouldn't ask you, only
ws'r friends." ., ' '
" Friendship ' wins," said Bossfnrd, and
he nailed th fifty.
If Bossford hadn't yielded too much to the
promptings ot th get-rlch-qulrk mlcror.
h might not be poor today. But he went
too far. Itecently he repeated his uanal re
gretful declination ot a friend's Invitation,
winding up with. " Oot to talk to the Ca
hogey Country club that nljht"
, The friend In question, looked st hint an l
gasped. ,
"The Cehogey Country club?" he ma t
tered. "Why. hang It. man, what il,. v. i
meant It's the Cahocey country rtv' r it
I'm giving this dinner ti; th..y'r cm , n
my place. They're my iwat v at
. But Bossford P'd. So he r t',',1 t t ' .' i
Kill remain so. Honesty t (U I ' i
even for a good taiker.
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