The herald., 1896-06-14

IN lateral succession on Saturday after
moons. But there, excuse me, didn't
mean it.
y good many years go. when prov
erbs were not so plentiful, some thought
ful individual discovered among much
confused material and contradictory sit
uations, sort of vague outline about
which there was touch of symmetry
that attracted his attention. and after
the fashion that one will suddenly rec
ognlZe some Well-known object in a puA-
zle picture when viewed in a certain
way, he dragged out the fact that in
one way OF another, about all that we
are striving for in this world is happi-
ness.
We all have experiences which occa-
sionally, or oftener seem to bury this
condensed bit of informa tion under a
mountain of obstinate inconsistency,
but after cold application of that ma
ture deliberatiOn" prescribed by some
other definitive genius, the conviction,
like globule Of quicksilver when step
ped upon, will bob up somewhere
through the crevices of exception, and
we are again forced to the conclusion
that this little lump of wisdom which has
tumbled down the path of ages to US
is true.
This proverbial head covering fits the
upper stories of fact just as we'll as the
ory. l have noticed a rich, niserly old
chap tottering along the sidewalk ev-
cry morning, rain or shine, his rusty
joints creaking in protest against the
mandate Of long indulged habit as he
climbed over curbstone after a pre-
liminary halt and survey. From what l
learned of his peculiarities, he would not
hesitate to read an annual report of
the A. i. a. at a Celtic wake, or recite
Hoods Gold, gold, gold,' to Colorado
populist, if two-bit piece were tied to
the end of it,
l ascertained upon investigation that
ne commenced life young, which remark
able fact compelled me to say "ah.'
He imbibed economical principles on his
TRIP across the continent in 49, his Wis
ible food supply and boots giving out
when about 1000 miles short of his des-
tination. This, however. he always said
was the best thing what ever happened
to me'-it started me out life" The
start was made with a rope around
his neck, but contrary to the expectation
of his most intimate acquaintances,
soap box hung at the end of it, filled
with plug tobacco, playing cards, jews
harps suspenders, stockings of the coal
sieve degree Of fineness, some imperfect
bowie knives and few other judic-
1ously selected articles dear to the heart
of the miner and cowboy of those prim-
tive times. Realizing from the exper-
ience placed to his credit column that it
is not what we make but what we save
that produces substantial results, he
put behind him the remembrance of
the luXuries of his past life the possess
sion of a few of which, by the way,
started him westward on a compulsory
basis, and, as / say, he turned about
and FACED life in its serious moods. After
passing through all the places of prom
inence on the way leaving each after
dark generally, by easy stages he finally
reached the land of sunshine. two years
from the time his pedal extremities
came in naked contact with the bleeding
soil of Kansas. His frugal habits, in
conjunction with his savings, soon made
him the possessor of a grocery store
with the later establishment of dry
goods department, and after that a sa-
loon was annexed, fire intervening be-
tween each accession, destroying ev-
erything he possessed except his insur-
ance policies. Yet in spite of these dis