The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22
CARL DUNDER.
Detroit Free Press.


 like to shpeak init some poys some- times, because it may do her some good. All of us were boys sometimes all but der womans-und we know how hard it vhas to get along. ] doan' take one tousand dollar und be poy like used to was. It vhas toe much measles und shicken- pox-too many headaches und sore toes-too long to wait before nobody dares hit you init der boot shack.
 like all poys to read about Robert Fulton. He vhas der man who makes us some shteamboats. He keep dot idea in his head more ash ten years before he can bring her oudt. Nopody believes he vhill soocceed. Eafry pody makes some some fun of him. He vhas called some cranks und lunatics und fools, und der poys yell oudt at him as he walks der streets. Vhas he dis couraged? Does he git mad und kick dot shteamboat into der middle of last week2 Does he gif cop und become a badt man? Oh, no. He goes right aheadt like bee line. He fails once -twice-three-ten times, but he doan' gif oop. When eafrypody laughs at him for fool dot shteamboat moves off on der Hudson river like queen, und der problems vhas solved. Think of der value of dot invention! If we doan' haf shteamboats to-day we vhas nopody at all. All comes py dot one man, und nopody says von word to help him. Let dot pc lesson to all poys. Persevere. Stick to him. Doan' let go.
 Und I like to shpeak init you aboudt Benjamin Franklin. While odder poys vhas skating, or swimming or fishing, he vhas making oop his mind how dot lightning in der heavens could be har- messed for der benefits of der peoples. He thinks und thinks, und plans und plans, und eafeypody says he vhas SO soft on top his head dot some dogs wouldn't bite him. His own friends where so disgoosted init his conduct dot dey like der shudge to send him oop fur six months. But by-und- by dot lightning vhas caught und har- messed, und you see der results around you to-day. If he doan' catch dot lightning we doan' haf some tele- graphs, nor burglar alarms, nor elec- tric lights. Shust imagine how dull und dreary city would look mitout it's thousands of telegraph poles und its hundred lines of wires stretched upon lem. But for Franklin, Edison might hat been hotel clerk und Brush der partner in corner grocery. Dot telephone also goes by lightning. Shust reflect on herl I like to shpeak init my bruder-i in- law four miles avhay. l goes by my telephone und says:
 "Hello! hello! hello! hello hello hello hello /! hello hello hello Gen. tral! Vhas dot you? Hello! hello hello hello :! hello! Whats der matter? Hello! l sayl Must beall day aboudt him? Hellol here! Gif me Spring wells. Hello! you! If you doan' be queeker l goes by der manager und complains. Ivhas here half an hour already. I said git me Springwells. like to haf some talk init my bruder- in- law. Hello l sayl
 Und I strike on der box und yell hello! feetty times more, und wait ten minutes longer, und somepody wakes oop und says:
 "Vhell, vhas is here?"
 q like to shpeak init Springwells."
 "Springwells? You can't do it. Der lines vhas crossed. Good -byer
 Und if Franklin doan' discover dot lightning, und if somepody doan' make him up by telephone, see vhas trou- bles 1 haf to shpeak init my bruder- in-law By dot same telephone call der doctor if 1 vhas seek in der night. Of course doan' get him, but it ma kes me better to call. Und if some tiet vhas in my house ring tor der police. Der police doan' come to take him avhay, but dot tief vhas afraid und he drops my pocket t-book und runs svhay.
 My advice to some poys vhas to stick to her. Doan' gif oop if somepody calls you fool. You vhas all right. By-und-by you bring out some great invention, and der peoples who vhas laughing vhil laugh no more. Shust keep quiet und doan' speak to nopody, und like enough you vhas a bigger man dan der president.