The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-21
M.s. Eearst's Architectural Plan, for the UnL
versity Of California.

: which ended IN the accumulation Of one e
the largest estates Of =, time.
stapford's Advice to Young Men.
7 onco asked Senator Stanford Whistler
he thought the young men OF ths present
have as good chances 70 mako n fortune
as those OF his generation. Ta replied:
'T 90. This country IS on the eige OF
its Development. We have vast resources
which have not been touched and there are
new things coming Up every day. Look 81
the great SUMS which have been made ID
| elvctri-''y. n H--ee: railroads. ths teie~
phone. etc. Look az tho new mining re-
| sions which are being discovered and &C
the new businesses CT all kinds which arc
, sp-i-g+ls u. L seems - ms that the de-
uand FOR good young business brains and
! erorzy was never greater than :: IS now"
\. another time Senator Stanford SAID
that 4 young man needed three thing, 10
be successful. Il the first place, ne must Re
Industrious: n tho sec0-d place. Re mus.
have n settled Plan CT life and work, ard
n the third, ne must stick TO both and
keep nj =. lie vas a Spectator himself,
but Re advised men 70 mako haste slowly.
and said that one hundred men got rich
by saving 20 one who got permanently SO
by speculation. The temptation 10 keep on
risklng "a too great. A 5man succeeds and
makes what AZ tho start he wculd have
considered TO be all he could possibly want
or need. He spccu:ates 20 make more. and
eventually loses everything. and dies poor.
Leland Stanford and His SON.
TIE Stanford University Is founded or q
.entineDt. 1t is on the lovo which Senator
ard Mrs. Stanford held for their son, Leland
c,--s- - TL4- 49,
Senator s:anrord's eye. He was p.line Up
his fortune for HIN when. at the age Of Is.
the boy died. \ very pretty .tory Ia toIa
OF how th~ Senator .aus to found the
university. The Tea was The outcome OF q
dream which he had during his sons lass
illness. I. was at Rome. The Senator
was worn out with watching over hi, s,c,,
boy. and he fell asleep and d-eanea IN
his dream he seemed 70 be mourning with
his son over his coming death. and SAID to
him: My boy. II you die. : shall SIC, too.
I WILL have nothing 10 1.-Two FOR when YOU
are gone" Hercupon IN his dream. hs
heard the boy say: 'Tathe-. don't say Won
have nothing 20 I've for. You have much
70 1--we for. Live FOR humanity. father
The dream made such q strong impression
upon the Senator that r. Is said he avol,s
Mrs Sanford and told her 81 e. Trio two
then rose and went into their sons room,
only to find that he had passeF away. This
dream caused Senator Stanford 20 take UP a
scheme which his son had wanted to carry
out. and this was the education OF poor
boys. From fts consideration the Leland
Stanford College came.
Stories Of Senator Hearst.
7 doubt whether Senator Hearst haa any
ifen that arv part of hts millions would go
irto educational projects. lie WIS not .
college-h-ed man. and when IN ere United
States Senate was supposed 70 n. rather
fIiterate than otherwise. Ho made 70
speeches crd wns not a heavy weight IN
the committee rooms. Still. the other Sem
ato-s respected him for his practical COM
mon sense. and were chary Of fooling with
him. Stories were circulated to the effect
that he knew more than he pretended. rs,
for instance. the old anecfoto told by Sen
ator Frye rs to how Senator Hearst spelled
the word bird"
According 20 Frye. the Incident occurred
in n mining saloon IN the Rockies. On ths
blackboard hack q the bar was the bin %
fare. and in It. among ether items. 'rosts
hirT. 81" As the future Senator saw this
he 2 claimed: see here, Blank: that e. a
devil Of n way TO spell bird. Don't YOU
know any better than that? You ought to
spell II 'h-u-r-d'"
at is. is it?' said the barkesper. 7
would have you understand. George Hearst,
that I am rs good a speller "a you. Any
day. ] will leave il to the crowd that you
can't spell bird right. Yes. III bet YOU n
hasket OF champagne for the crowd on
IT"
A right" said Mr.. Hearst.
"Al right" said the saloon man; 'hu. I
am no, going to have any mistake abous
T.. You have got to write It down on this
piece OF paper" and he thereupcn handed
Hearst 4 slip OF brown paper and a pencil
Hearst took 1t and rapidly wrote Bird"
"EUt that is not the way you spell 10
before" said tho salconist.
"Of course It isn't replied Ntr. Hearst.
u you suppose | am fool enough to spell
bird with a L when there is any money up
on itT' FRANK G. CARPENTER