The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-02
WAS BOUND 70 WIN,
Failures Did Not Disturb Him and Ar
ments Were In Vain.

Failures Did Not Disturb Him and Argu-
ments Were In Vain.
"Thc man who has It in him TO win
will generally win," said New Y orlxer
in an uptown restaurant the other day.
Sometimes think it's best to get all
your bad luck in heap. Pile it on one
bit after the other, and then when the
good luck comes you have clear way
and are in good training for strong
run.
~ was out west fifteen years ago
when | met young fellow who inter-
ested me u great deal He couldn't
have been over twcnty-cight then, but
he had seen good deal of life--that is,
life out there. L heard that he had
been in the shcep-raising business q
couple of years before but had lost his
whole business-bad luck, every one
| said. | had taken out few thousand
dollars with which wanted and ex-
pectcd to make fortune in a marvel
| lousy short time. AS knew nothing
at all about sheep and every one said
that what he didn't know about sheep
was not worth knowing, | thought it
would be a good idea to strike u bar
1
"lle was working in "a railroad ma
chine shop nt the time, earning, | think
it was, three dollars and seventy-fvc
cents day, for before he came of age
he had learned this trade just to fall
back on, he explained. And, he added,
with twinkle in his eye, I've fallen
back on it oftener than | expected
when | explained to him my idea
about sheep he told me about his life
His mother had died and left him about
three thousand dollars. When he came
of age he took the money and put it all
in sheep. He lost it. For time he
fred on u locomotive and then went
back to his trade. He saved money, and
invested it in a sawmill scheme with
some others. The mill burned down
it hadn't made money, anyway, and he
went back TO his trade again. Then he
worked his way to Deadwood, made NJ
his mind there was nothing there fol
him, and got back into Wyoming. He
had in his life learned how to telegraph
He had a smart head and a pleasing
manner and got two jobs at oncc-tele
graph operator and manager of thu
drugstore in little town, running tn,
business end of the drug store while
its owner, a physician, looked after the
drug part, which was trifle compared
with the fancy-goods, paints, oils anC
various other things, including coal! Hi
established his telegraph Office in tn,
drug store and all went mcrrily unit
he had saved fifteen hundred dollsrs
With that he went out and hunted up
partner with the same amount of caHi
tai. They went to Utah. He bough
sheep and went broke again.
Now, he said to me with pleas
ant laugh, you see that haven't mad
just what you might call a startling
success out of sheep. But know ther
is money in it. 1 know why have failet
, before and may fail again But hav
been saving seventy-five dollars a montl
to go into the business once more, ant
if after what have told you you woul
like to try me, l am your man So w
, tried it and in due course of time w
went broke, or practically so.
II had come to admire this man i'm
mensely. He was straightforward
bright, witty and extremely able, an,
felt more sorry for him than did TO
myself.
CA | said, when the game wa
over, the trouble with you is sheer
You'd make fortune at anything els
, in the world, because you have tn
, brains and the pertinacity to do it, bu
, as long as you stick to sheep you will
{ be a poor mani It's your fate. Come
now, swear off on sheep with me.
am going back east and make na,
money slowly
"'Just you wait he said, laughiri
cheerfully, "'Ill hit it yet
, "Well, the other day big, full
, wasted, brown-bearded man wake
into my office. l knew him at glanc
and was so glad to see him that
jumped half way across the room.
\ GLOW are you? | cried. How hav
:. you been doing? Tell me all abou
, yourself And then he told me in
modest way that he had built half
town and had come east to get som
;, ideas on plumbing and waterworlls.
"'rll get the contract for the water
works, he said, if can get real liv
man here who will go out with me. "
already completed the dicker for oper
plumbing shop, l also want you to fin
me smart, wide-awalle young ma
y who wants to be bank cashier. Hav
got the bank, and we've got the pres
: dent-I'm that fellow-but we want
cashier,
"'Well, A. said, L told you tina
you could do it. knew it was in you
Il Pm glad you quit the sheep finally
d Sheep cried A, with q grea
laugh. Why, man, have one of tn
:, finest herds in the west, and the fines
/ plant without an exception anywhere
If you want to see Il sheep ranch tina
t beats the world come out and see mt
Sheep! man, it was sheep that did q
: the rest
d "And then" added the New Yorl1e
!, "while congratulated him with all IN
a heart, | felt little faintncss to thin
what might have had if ] had stuck
!. out with him. IN Y. Tribune.
+ FASHIONS IN JEWELRY.
Nick-NacSs in Gold silver and Precior
Stones.