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The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
HOW TO RISE.
Large Salaries and High Honors Wait
 for Efficient Men.


 In 1850 young clerk at a small rail road station refused to alter the rates or the company to accommodate a viii lage magnate and an extensive ship. per. The great man went away vow Ing vengeance on the young man who refused to break the rules of the com pany whose servant he was. The company appreciated the fidelity and advanced him to more and more re- sponsible stations, till Tom Scott be came president of the great Pennsyl- Vania Railroad. After the death of MT. Scott I said to one of the vice presidents of the road: You must miss the president very much" He answered, No; the man Is not great who cannot organize his work so that 1t will go on without him." MT. Scott so simplified and organized the work that 1t would go on successfully when his guiding hand was withdrawn.
 Nearly all the men in very high and responsible positions have risen from the humble places in lowly life. This same great company Is all the time seeking for larger men than it can find. In trying to train them up for its extending departments it takes graduates from the college and puts them through every department of wood and iron work, car and engine making, practice on the road and in the offices, etc.; hoping that out of many, some will be able to take posi- tions that are worth $50,000 Q year They would gladly pay this to men who would grow to the greatness of their needs.
 There are seven roads east of Chi cago that haul ton of freight a mile for seven-tenths of 1 cent. It takes the whole value of load of wheat to haul 1t a hundred miles over a com mon road. On the railroad it is haul ed for 70 cents. The price of carrying passengers and freight in this coun- try Is constantly decreasing. Passen- gers are carried first-class for less than one-half of what they are in the united kingdom of Great Britain. To bring about such a result has required the genius of thousands of men. A third of the invested wealth of this country is in railroads. In this large field of thought and endeavor there is plenty of room to rise by thought and endeavor. The world is willing to pay for efficiency, not for ornament.
 So of every department of life. i thought and efficiency tell, and large ly determine the place a man is to hold. | Munger, in his little book called "On | the Theshold," says boy at work in In railway office, came to his pastor and asked for the names of the best i books on the great imperial nations of | Rome and the English people. He could only read In the evenings, but . he wanted to read the best Soon after, another boy came from the same office, begging to know If it was wrong to go to the theater and dancing school. He said 1t was easy to tell which of these boys at 40 years of age would be president of the road and which would be dropped to a lower position Men.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

When a millionaire dies in these lat
 ter days people who hear what the
 amount of his fortune is are apt to say
 that conditions are changing and that
 such things will not be possible fifty
 years from now. And yet it is safe to
 say that in spite of changed conditions
 and new methods in business and in
 dustry, there will always be men bold,
 self-reliant and aggressive, willing to l take and give blows, who, when they ! die, will rank as mIIIionaires, just as 1 did the men who began their life ca | reer 8 generation ago. The estate of l the late George NJ. Pullman is esti-
 mated at $25,00O,OOO and it is not so
 long, as we measure time nowadays, since he first began to accumulate that wealth. The methods by which some of it was gained may be criticised, and yet they were the methods that almost every man in whom there dwells a spirit of restless activity would adopt. The spirit of mOney-getting is not con- fined to the business man, and al- though moralists may declaim against it from an abstract standpoint, it has developed enterprise and stimulated industry, and welded the great body of the people closer together in the bonds of common interests. Oth- CT fortunes have been left by men in this country at the magnitude of which the world has wondered. They have been the slow accretions of gen. erations. The founder of the family made a lucky investment, just as men do to-day, and bought land with the proceeds, and as a city was built up and its commerce began to grow, that real estate grew with it, and no burden was attached to its care, and after time it represented millions, and the heirs drew princely income without having lifted a hand in toll and with out ever having set their nerves stir ring in the fierce battle which so many men have to fight. This class of for tunes may not be heard of much in the future, but the fortune that is made by hard and unremitting work, by keen judgment and y the ability to take advantage of existing conditions is still a possibility. And, after all, one can- not help admiring the man who takes ventures and risks, and whom failure cannot daunt, rather than the man who has simply inherited the wealth with which he dazzles the world.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
DRIVING THE CATTLE HOME.

gum bough in its natural stage, bent with great accuracy to the requisite position. The front fork is another gum bOugh in its natural state, except that the parts forming the fork are bent together, so as to be parallel. This works through an old wheel box from a light cart, which is fixed in the thick part of tie first branch, which forms the backbone, and an iron rod passed through near the top serves as handles, and the pedals are ingenious adapta- tions of some old iron utensils. The maker is a lad of 14."
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

The pulpit of little Eastern churcL has long stood just enough to one side of the platform to disturb the congre- gation's sense of proportion; but any protest met with a quick rejoinder from the aged minister. The wife of the sexton, taking matters into her own hands, says the Church Econo- mist, moved the pulpit toward the cen ter an inch a week, and gained her point, though it took time, for the old doctor never noticed the difference. Some citadels must needs be stormed from the front, but more victories are won and more reforms inaugurated by methods which do not antagonize, and in which tact is joined to persevering moderation.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

The Kentucky Bankers Association. recently in session in Frankfort, voted that at its future banquets ladies should sit at the tables, and no wine should be served. One of the relics of standardization is the prevalent GUS tom of admitting ladies to balconies In time to hear after-dinner speeches while inspecting the remnants of the feast and inhaling the cigar smoke of the well-fed men. Ladies cannot at tend public dinners where wines, liu- uors and cigars are served, and the Kentucky bankers have made a wise and manly choice in voting that they VIII henceforth have the ladies "as the only stimulant."
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
BOYS INGENIOUS WHEEL

Lad of Foucteen Years Constructs a
 Chain1ess" Bicycle.
 "A curious bicycle, en route from Hamilton to Warrnambool, was in- spected by number of interested per sons at the train last night" says he correspondent of a Victoria (Australia) paper. Tt is of the old style, the front wheel about three feet eight inches high, being made solid from boards of an old washing machine, and the hind wheel is from a small wheelbarro .. Both wheels are most ingeniously tired with bark, with strip of linoleum over all. fine backbone and hind fork is a
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

Ex-President Cleveland's definition of a self-made man differs from the or dinary acceptation of that term. but 1t is one that will stand the test of in- telligent scrutiny. The self-made man. as defined by the ex-President, is he who has made the most of himself. not necessarily by his own unaided efforts. but with whatever assistance he could secure. Whether this definition is strictly correct or hot, it is an interest ing one, and it rather adds to than de tracts from the merit that attaches to Self-helD.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

The telegraph tells of mother who. to amuse her babe, pointed a pistol at the child's head, playfully snapping the trigger, and of course blowing the head off the infant, 'innocently," as the dispatch naively adds, taking its life" The habit of amusing a babe by killing it may be the climax of all that is innocent, and yet it would probably not strike the average observer this way
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
IT. Wasn't Re;e.+ed

Waiter Calling loudIy)-Fowl ball.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

It Is announced that the special Uni ted States Commissioner to the Paris exhibition of 1900 has secured one quarter more space than was original ly allotted to this republic. It is now in order for the United States to see that the country is not represented there by space only.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

of heaven is to come to man. If in crease of speed enables us to achieve more in a given space of time it should the enjoyment of that which we have achieved. If it mean more wealth it should mean more rightful use of wealth. If it mean more work it should also mean more pay.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

The telegraph brings the interesting information that "twenty-elght Omaha girls have banded together to suppress the tobacco business" If they hope to wipe out the entire tobacco business of the country before spring they ought to add at least two more mem- bers to their organization.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

Even an Ameer may be amusing. The Ameer of Afghanistan compares him. self to swan on a narrow lake, with a pack of wolves (meaning Russia) on one bank, and Bengal tiger (Englan6 on the other bank. The gobbling-up process, whether by wolves or by tiger, seems to him imminent and uninviting.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

All the Klondike stories that have ever been told are at a discount in the presence of the whaler who reports that the anchor of his ship became gold-plated while it rested in the mud of the Arctic coast. The north pole may be worth all that it is costing, af- ter all
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

The confirmed money miser may be the most despicable of stingy men. But the man who hoards his knowl- edge, his skill, his experience or the potency of his social and mercantile influence, and Is stingy with it when 1t might be immeasurably helpful to others, is a miser of hardly less con- temptible proportions.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

Some of the remedies sold as a pre- ventive of intoxication are said to con tain cabbage seed. Cabbage itself is an old cure for intoxicatiOn. The Egyptians ate 1t boiled before their other food if they intended to drink wine after dinner.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

A Chicago elevator man had to break the elevator cable to make a young lady passenger fall in love with him. The fall is said to be certain, but the method is not recommended except in extreme cases.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

A New Haven clergyman is so dead in earnest against church fairs that he has returned $2OO of his salary, it being that portion of it that he assumes was contributed by a church fair and dance. This is evidence of rare sin cerity, anyway.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

Are we not entirely too fast? Is speed to be the end of our efforts. or only a means to something vastly bet terf It Is we'll to do work quickly. but IS It so if We are only to keep on working! We should say not. It is not through booms and deals and rec ord breaking alone that the kingdom
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
An EndIess Niew.

Raggs-Ail this talk about ne world coming to an end is rank nonsense. Jaggs-Whv is it2
 Raggs-How can anything round come to an end, I'd like to know?
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
w;se Precaution.

p,oos-Why did you ask Sloboy to
 gou S1O just now? You have a hundred in your pocket.
 Diggs-So have, but you see didn't have to lend him any of it.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
IL -. -nnn. -

Little Fred-Talk about bicycle rid ing! You ought to see Aunt Mary cover the ground.
 Visitor-Sbe's a very fast rider, then. is she?
 Little Fred-No, about all she does is tumble off, and she weighs nearly POO pounds.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

"This," said the Kansas editor, look ing over the top Of his spectacles, Ifs the most inviting manuscript nave re ceived for g long time"
 What is it!' asked tle foreman.
 "A poem begiCning Come drink with me-"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

Some aphorisms won't stand andy sis. A current remark says the world saves most of its respect for the hard est kickers. And yet, there's the mule.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

A Baltimore man refused to marry because his girls fleet were too flat. He seems to have come out rather fiat footed himself.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
He Got It.

'eThe fact is," said Dawson, "I mar ried because I was lonely, To put 1t tersely, I married for sympathy"
 'eWell, old man," replied his friend Haley, you certainly have mine"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Elastic Fashion.

"Sissie cannot go to the art exhibi- ton; the puppy has torn up her hat"
 Well, let her wear the red lamp shade; no one will know the differ ence. ce."-Detroit Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

Members of his congregation drew pistols on a Kentucky preacher who said there was no devil. Being in that cOnvivial State, the Query's pertinent, Were they loaded?
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

There are no statistics available to prove whether a man feels cheaper when he gives himself away than when he is sold
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
His Sudden Flight.

''Tell me the old, old story"
 She sung, with pious air; At the end of the line she looked around
 And found that he wasn't there.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Needs Watchiu0

"Plumpton says he is very jealous of his reputation.'
 Well, he has reason to be. wouldn't trust 1t for a moment if I had it."
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

If fish have a language, as a we'll known scientist asserts, it must be fun when lying at the bottom of the sea to hear them tell fish stories.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

Politics may make strange bedfel- lows, but that doesn't preclude the chance of having a wet blanket thrown an fham
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Slight Misapprehension.

Don't you go wild over the beauties of autumnY'
 'I don't know; they don't look any prettier to me than the summer girls" Detroit Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

-st-~---s boJ ESE Oti~L of 'iy nt- mite in his pocket and tumbled down a flight of stairs. His funeral was more largely attended by other people than by himself.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
The French Army.

France, in an emergency, could mus ter an army of 100000 men.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Inconsistent.

Hammersley-What's come between you and PundersOn?
 OsgOod-Oh, 1t was this way: He said to me: Whats the use talking? Every man has his price, and you know it. Then l asked him what his was, and he wanted to fight"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Novel Way to Novel Reading.

Novel Way to Novel Reading. Mrs. Jabberwock tells me she can read ten novels a week."
 "Yes, she always begins at the last chapter and reads back until they be- come uninteresting. g."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
A Conner.

"There's no use talkin', Maria, our Andrew l. bound to be heard rom"
 "Oh, Silas, did the professors tell you
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

A Massachusetts man, 72 years old, was recently sent for two years to the penitentiary for stealing three hens
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

Papa-A fellow who thinks other folks always tell the truth when they talk about the salaries they get.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
lTabt Be True.

Raggs-Say to you believe that story of the goose laying a golden egg?
 Jaggs-Weu 1t would be just like a goose to d. such a foolish thing.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

''No, but every time they give the col lege yell when ! was there, I could hear Andrew voice loud and clear above every other fellow in the crowd"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Males lack T4ult Bo-

Mattie-Jack is tfting piano lessons. Helen-No wonder he seems dHl. Mattie-Nhy That has that got to do with it?
 Helen-"All work ano no play" you know.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

Mir. Arden-Yes, heard of afore I started. Guess can live here n peace now.-New York Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
A Gert1e Ren1inder.

Jack want to give you little sou venir as mementO Of your birthday. What shall t be?
 Clare-Ol. [ ont know; but think those new sJyl- engagement rings are real cute.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Given Them Tn

Bacon-Rocks refused cigar I offer ed him to-day. Wonder ie he has given up smOking?"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

general desire to raise the wind is due to the fact that most people in this respect are in the same boat.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

What!' cried Scribe in aStOniSh- ment. What was it?'
 "A check for an annual subscription. Boston Traveller.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
The HOrrid Child.

Little Edgar-Sister Fannie never does any fancy work any more since you got to coming to see her.
 MT. WetmOre-Indeed! What does she do now?
 Little Edgar-Sets up before the look in-glass pullin' out gray hairs.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
s1rla rs. Necessity.

She see that mems coats are to be worn longer this winter than last.
 He-Yes; the hard time! makes It nee essary.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Willing

"This is too good a tooth for you to lose, MT. Grumpy. I'm going to fill 1t with gold"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

Little Willie-Papa, what's a pessi-
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

'That's all rlght Doc. Just pull 1t out at once and yoH may fill it with diamonds afterward, if you care to- Detroit Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
EVERY SATURDAY

In it's effect on courtship. the bicycle, and especially the tandem, can turn any road into a tridal path.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
He Believed It.
Uncle Si (to Whita Wines, vUo+,o,

O1OHO OI NVO " HItt W WIHSSJ-WOL enc dOin', boys?
 w. w. (facetiously)-Windin' d' clock up in dat steeple.-New York Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Accepted.

'The last thing sent to this paper said Melancholis, twas accepted imme- diafaIvO
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Enlightened.

Egbert-Ies; given up smoking those cigars. Statesman.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
She Was Q Ta1ker.

'That's a speaking likeness of your first srtr "
 T suppose the artist couldn't help it-ard l had him pant 1t in the most quiet colors, toY,"-Ceveland Plain Dealer.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
he paper

 Helen Here's ar article n he paper on "Why Men Don't Marry" Hattie can tell you why some of them don't Helen-Why is it? Hattie They never asked you.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
The Usual Way.

First Miner-How's business on the Klondike?
 Second Miner-Picking up-Cincin- nati Enquirer.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
The Health Editnr.

"This article, How to Keep We'll is not completed" said the editor-in- chief.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Dangerous.

Nurse-Please, mum, you must send for the doctor quick for little Johnnie
 MOther-Oh, dear! What is the mat for0
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
A lLodern Enoeh Arden.

Old neighbor-11y goodness, MT. Ar den, you hack, after all these years? Don't you know your wife has married aOaiO9
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
The Optimist.

'1he new girl broke four plates to- day, John
 ''Veu, there's one comfort about It. she'l probably stay as long as the set lasts. .''-CIeyelaud Plain Dealer.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Enew ]Ybaraof U. Snol,e

Knew Whereof He Spoke. Nlsitor-Ihat laudscap, looks famil- far.
 Artist-Why, that's the portrait of my uncle.
 Visitor-An, that's 1t. I kH,w him, too. -Fliegende Blaettar.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGR GRAPHS FROM
 Tile COMIC PAPERS.

Pleasant Incidents Occurring ' World Over Sayings that Are @heer ful to Old or YouuG-Funny eeie tions that Everybody Will Enjoy.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

Nurse-I don't know, mum, but he hasn't been up to any mischief for two hours. ."-London Tid-Bits.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
4 Hnman pnenomenon.

"Queer woman. that Mrs roswell" Why
 'I overheard her say yesterday that she really thought the girl whom her son is going to marry Is too good for him"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

NO, sir; the editor of the health col umn took some lobster last night and he hasn't been able to work today" replied his assistant.-YOnkers States man.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
A Mean Insinuation.

She-Yes, she paints poorly.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-04-20
For the Omaha Expositlon.

The choicest collection of the pro
ducts of Louisiana agriculture, horti
culture, forestery and mines that has
ever been placed on exhibition is now
being prepared dy Commissioner j. G
Lee, of the Bureau of Agriculture and
immigration. for the Trans ississip-
pi Exposition. The specimens now
will be augmented by other exhibits,
such as salt, sulphur oils, gypsum,
mari, building stone and marble, sugar
cotton, rice, tobbaco and tropical
fruits. The Louisiana Commission will
utilize nearly 5000 feet of space for
an exhibit of the states resources of
all kinds. Committees are at weak
in every parish in the state collecting
exhibits for one of the most interesting
displays shown at the coming EXPOSE
ton.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-04-20
Death Of Mrs. Chester D. Hill.

Mrs. Chester D. Hill, died at hel
home in the town of Horton, Monday
evening, April 18th, at 10 o'clock
The cause of her decease was diabetes,
from which she had been a sufferer
for several years. The advance of her
disease she has borne calmly and
patiently even to the end, thus
showing those traits of character which
made her loved by all who came with
in the circle of her acquaintance.
In their bereavement, the surviving
members of the family have the sy M
patty of the community.
The funeral will be held at the
house tomorrow Thursday at 10
o'clock, Rev. Geo. Willett conducting
the services. The remains will be in
tered in the Morris cemetery.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-04-20
Gun Club Meet.

All members of the Morris Gun
Club are requested to meet at DIR.
Harris Office tomorrow Thursday
evening, for the purpose of consider
ing important business in connection
with this years shooting. It is de-
sired that all members be present.
Several of the sharpshooters were
out practicing on clay pigeons Friday
evening.
The evenings practice was not con-
sidered regular shoot, yet DR.. Harris
succeeded in bagging Fl out of 25 of
the clay birds as starter forthe sea-
sons work.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-04-20
How to Build Up a Town.

The way to make town prosperous,
is to have vim, grit, push, snap, en-
ergy, schools, morality, harmony, cor
diality, advertising. If question of
right or wrong arises, don't sit on the
fence. Be a man and declare openly
where yon stand. Help to improve
the town. Patronize it's business. help
all public enterprise, fire losfers, croak-
ers and dead beats. Let the object be
welfare, growth and promotion of
your town and its people. Speak we'll
of your public spirited men and be
one yourself. Be honest with your
follow man.-Ventura, Cal. Free Press
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-04-20
Sold a Large Monument.

Patsy Canty left this noon for
Oconto, Wis, where he is to erect a
large monument to mark the last rest
ing place of Charles Quirk, ex-sheriff
of Oconto county. CAVITY Bros. are
doing large business outside of this
county, shipping jobs almost every
az to outside points.