Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-02-07


VA vaikine shs streets Of fStis5.IDs Ss
looking To- work. His clothss vsre
shabby, bic hands were blue vi h he
cold. and BIZ eaunt lace showed that
square msals were not intimate ftieuds Of
his. One morning he awoke and Thought
over the years Of toll aud picayuns 70.
compenso that had been his, and he re-
solved then and there to make & break
Tor the coast He did 90. and Anally
reached the Pacific Coast, where he now
fesidea. He found that work ont there
was II anything harder than that In the
East but wages and opportunities were
far greater. He came 10 PhIladeIpbla
LIST weck Tor the hrst time In Q quarter
Of century. but insteAd OF coming In
on foot, ~ be had left the city, he rushed
aIoug IN . Pullman car. He n =. n
Woodwork, and Saturday night he
stood In the Lafayette corridor, fslkIps
with Colonel Baker of changes that
have occurred slnes be went West.
y found work." said Mr.. Woods
worth, 'in carrying hod 10 'Trisco. aud,
tell you, ] worked hard, TOO. One
night ] WAS sitting on barrel near the
buildings on which was working. when
an old gentleman cams along on foot
he turned the corner, and inside OF two
minutes l heard feeble cry for help.
grabbed bod.tandle that happened 10
b nesr on the ground, and darling
around the corner. | saw the old man
sirdggiing with two vhyos. yelled as
II ten men we're ct ny back. Come on
boy,i Wen lay 'em outl And Of
course they dropped the old man and ran
for Their iives Ths gentleman wasn't
hurt much. but had lost his watch Ard q
shirt stud. Hc gave ne his card and
told me 70 call on him the next day. OF
course l did 90. and We talked abont my
former lie, and told him how wanted
TO succeed, and was hound to be at the
top Of the hsap some day.
Il was young. then,". continued Mr.
Woodwork, with quist emile, "but
my boyish talk seemed 70 tickle the old
chap. He lent me some money, gave me
lots Of good advtcU. aud this card" be
addeds taking from . wallet . Yellow
piece OF pastebOard. "And tell you, cir.
that card did me more good than any
thug elses The old man aiterward gave
me . good place, and from there got on
rapidly. But lots and lots Of timss when
l was discouraged and homesick ! Iust
pulled out this card and read IT."
"Ar. Woodwork handed the card to
Colonel Baker, who read on Il:
columbus was the son Of Q weaver.
and weaver himeelf. Cervantes was y
common soldier. Homer Wa the son OF
. sms1 farmer. Demostheuos was the
son Of cutler. Oliver Cromwell was
the son Of London brewer. Franklin
wa . journeyman printer, the son of 8
tailow chandler and soap boiler. Daniel
Deioe was q hostier. Cardinal Wolssy
was the son Of butcher. Virgil's father
was porter. Shakespeare WAS tho son
OF wool stap1er. Milton was the son OF
= money scrivensr. Mohammed was .
driver Of asses. Napoleon, Q descendant
Of IN Obscure family OF Corsica, WAS .
major when be married Josephine.
daughter Of tobacconist Creole In Mar
tiniQue. John Jacob Aston onos sold
applas in the streets oil New York,
Catherine, Empress OF Russia, was 4
camp grisette Madame Barnadotts VA
q washer woman in Paris Horace was
tue son OF . shopkeeper."
Colonel Baker handed the card back
to Mr.. Woodwork, who placed 1t in his
wallet, and pstting 1t, said: THAT card
10 responsible for what success ! have
gained"