The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02
COL. N. W. CLAYTON.

ment viii incline him TO follow when
In company with the genuine and SUI
perlor master mind, but viii be nat
ural leader among the average class of
individuals
To begin with. he has a large devel-
opment of the vital system which viii
give him excellent health and a ca
pacity 10 enioE life; the motive tenn
permanent is also strongly marked, and
he has considerable physical endurance
ard ample VIII power The brain is
large. measuring IS inches in circum-
ference, but the body is also large, so
that the brain has abundant support
and is we'll nOurished with a rich sup
ply of arterial blood. The weight of
his body. 1S5 pounds, is somewhat in
excess Of the brain development but
this is due to the strong vital system
which gives a tendency to take on
flesh as a result of good living and
hearty relish for the bounties OF the
dinner table.
The Organization does not indicate so
much briliiancy as it does sOlidity and
strength. and not SO much activir- as
thoroughness. He is firm-remar kably
so if convinced ne is right; self-reliant,
persevering. hopeful (ss a rule), ven
eTative. sympa thetic. clear headed. cal
culating, nethodical, business-liile, and
good observer. He is not very COM
bative nor is he OVer-stocked with eau
ton, hence he win neither court oppo-
sitson nor fear i. If hcstilities are
commenced he would calmly and de-
liberately enter the fight without stop
ping too long in counting the cost. not.
however, because he has any liking for
warfare Of any kind. but simply as
matter Of business, and because he is
not afraid. There is calm, serene ex-
preston IN the eye that well 2ccordS
with the state of his mind. The normal
condition Of nearly every faculty is 10
be a peace with all the world. Some
people are never happy unless in g.
state of unrest; they must be either
wishing. grasDing. struggling. or do
ing something that indicates they are
not and never viii be satisfied with
their present condition. no matter what
that condition is. and though cur sub
ject is 20: wanting in th2. executive
force which prompts to thrift ard in
Iustry. yet there is a relative absence
of those elements that produce, q tur-
bulent, fretful and changeable dispO-
ssition.
lie viii lie more noted for his digni-
fed and quiet p 'rsistency, for h st eng
viii and steady earnest manner than
for that excitahle. cratic nature that
is subject TO extremes He is neither
positive nor negative, neither aggres-
sive nor passive. hut can he any one
The peculiar com bination that results
from conaba -iVecess and consciousness
being somewhat below the average
mark. reminds the writer of the old
English war song:
we don't want to fig.~ but by lingo. if
we do.
We've got the men. we've got the ships.
And we've got tire money. 100 etc
Mr.. Clayton is much ia a similar po- /
stion. He is not naturally quarrelsom ,. I
viii neither see nor shirk opposition nor /
difficulties, but Il necessity demands. !
is prepared TO carry the war into /
Africa. ana It viii he found he's got I
the grit. he's got the strength. and I
he's got the knowledge. too. That con- (
1enticus. faGlt-finding spirit which some (
men display arises mostly from excess
sive and ungOver1able combativeness; 4
and file cowardly, fearful and vacillat- +
ing disposition in others Is due Drinci-
paly 20 small conbativeness and eX-
cessiVe caution: but in the present in
stance neither Of these are dominant
factors in his character, and Alr. Clay
ton gets his force from large frmneSS
and destructiveness.
He will be determined but not bois-
ferrous, win usually pursue an even,
smooth course in life; will attend TO
his own business in q straightforward,
manner; does not care 10
stir up strife. is not an agitatOr or dis
turbing element in the community; viii
pot borrow trouble nor meet il half
way. but is prepared TO eTapple with ii
when il arrives. lie is like one of those
birds that skim and float gracefully