Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-25
A MAN oE IDEAS.
And Each Ono Was worth a s.,u For
tEne i'm Itself

"a
trne i'm Itself.
lie had raveled rat at the edges. He
had ripped at the seams. He had sbrunl,
In the suds and faded in the boiling. but
ne mad lots of talk left. Sale he to the
other man on the bench with him:
ms Is simply temporary en-
oarrassment-something VIII oh | shall
speedily recover from, and paw all
creditors in full. While Tn tempora.
rily unable to meet the demands Of nv
creditors, I'm chuck full of ideas worth
thousands. All want is for some CAPT.
tallst to come forward and back me-"
What you got?" bluntly queried the
other, who had also suspended payment.
"Sh! It's on the dead quiet. Won
know! Suppose, for instance, that a
barber car was run on all elev ated trainsi
A broker with two days growth gets
IN at Rector street. By the time he has
reached Thirty-third he's clean shaved,
hair combed and his shoes BACKED. No
walting-no dust-no flies. Enjoys the
scenery while the barber fathers and
scrapes. I'm going to offer Jay Gould
the idea for $40, 900 in cash."
That's only one of my ideas. What
would you say to dining room car on
the bridge trains-quick lunoh-auail on
toast, oysters on the half shell, bread
and butter and coffee, as you are whirled
over one of the grandest structures in
the world? Make the price twenty-five
cents-colored waiters-no paper nap
klns-real old Java coffee, Ell? Why.
man, there's a cool SEQ, 900 waiting right
there to be picked up. All want is the
encouragement of some live capitalist
Il think she'd work." observed the
other after due reflection.
And what's the matter of having a
cyclorama car on the elevated" contin-
ned the other. "A car can be fitted up
with the Battle of Gettysburg. An
tietam, Atlanta or Missionary Ridge
Just as well as not, and the price of ad-
mission shouldn't be over a dime. Pas
senger gets on in Harlem, sees historical
painting rs he is whirled along and gets
off down town, pleased and refreshed
No going three or four miles from home
and climbing dark stairways. Every
! stranger sure to take to it and the car is
| full all day long. l want S25, 900 for the
| idea alone, but if backed BY some CAPT
| talist I'll make a hundred thousand out
of it in a year."
you've got some purity good thinks
| in your head" said the other man in an
encouraging way.
Thinks, my boy. I'm al thinks. l
can think cut a think quicker than
lightning. I'm the Napoleon of think
ers. Sh! Keep quiet! Trump card is
now coming. Inclose the framework of
all the elevated roads and divide off into
stalls for rent to butchers, bakers, con-
fectioners, laundrymen, shoemakers, CT
gar dealers. etc, cheap rents-con-
venient TO the public-permits 10000
small capitalists to go into business for
themselves. Wouldn't close with an
offer for less than $4,000 for the idea.
Have already taken steps to see what |
can lease all lines for by the year What
do You think
Its bewtiful.'
Cert. Got any sugar.
''Ten cents
That's plent. Well 60 n have our
beer. Temporarily embarrassed, but
creditors can wait. Got the ideas, and
now all we want is capital and public
confidence. Sh! Not lisp, Let you
in on the ground floor. Come on."-M.
Quad in New York Evening World.