The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-01
you started in life. and what would be your

you started in life, and what would be your
advice to young men"
II don't see why the chances are not as
good now as ever. 1t is true, much is done
by combinations of capital, still tie field is
larger and the possibilities are fully as
great. As to my advice to young men,
would say: Stick to what you undertake.
Be punctual in your appointments, be hon
est and be brief. Remember that time is
money and that brevity and punctuality
are among the best elements of success. l
don't believe in long business letters.
There IS no business 80 important that you
cannot put the whole of it on one sheet of
paper. | have cultivated brevity through
out my life, and think it has paid me to do
SO. believe in early rising, and l find that
my brains work best between the hours of
6 and in the morning. Whenever 1 have
anything important which requires thought
come in during the day l lay it aside for
the next morning and then consider and
pass upon it. l am always out of bed be-
fore O'clock and as soon as | have dressed
go down into my library and work there
until the breakfast bell rings which is at
80 or s O'clock"
STORY OF GLADSTONE.
No man in the United States has more
friends across the water than Cyrus w.
Field. John Bright called him the "Colum-
bus of modern times who by his cable had
moored the new world along side the ole, ~
and he knew Disraeli, and has for years
been well acquainted with Gladstone. Dur
ing my conversation he spoke of Gladstone,
saying that he had known him since 1854
Said he:
MIR. Gladstone is a great man and q
wonderful man in many respects. He has
one Of the quickest minds in the world to-
day, and he has the power of reading book
faster than any man | know. | remember
an incident in connection with him which
illustrates this. 1t happened during our
civil war. Mr.. Gladstone was then chan
cellor of the eXchequer. | had come to
London and had some business with him. |
had been reading book which had greatly
interested me. 1t was entitled Thirteen
Months in the Rebel Army" took it with
me when 1 went to see Mr.. Gladstone, and
l told hllu that thought he would be inter-
ested in it. He asked: is the book true?
Do you believe that the statements in it can
be trusted? DO you know the author?n
No" replied. 81 do not; but / know
his father and think he tells the truth
1.-The author was young man who had
been in the south for his health at the time
the war broke out and had been forced into
the rebel service. Well, when l answered
in this way Mr.. Gladstone asked me to
/
the afternoon. The next morning l went
out of my hotel. When l returned about
noon / found letter of seven pages from
MIR. Gladstone giving complete review of
the book and thanking NE for IT, The let
ter showed that he mad digested it com
pletely. though it contained at least $50
pages. The letter was full of expressions
ABOUT tt war, about the south and about
our conditions and our prospects. 1t was
such remarkable production that l wrote
ut once to Mr.. Gladstone and begged per-
mission to send copies of it to my family
and to President Lincoln. The next day l
received reply which read: My dear Mr..
Field. You may do anything you please
with my letters except publish them in the
newspapers. The public sentiment in the
two countries is SO sensitive at this time
that it will not do to publish anything bear
ing upon the struggle as coming from me. ,
This was substantially the letter. l sent a
copy that day to my family and another TO
President Lincoln. He was very much
pleased with it and read 1t aloud to his cab
inetn