New-York tribune., 1901-02-22
THE PASSING THRONG.

R. A Jackson. OF Bismarck. " D.. at the Hotel
Imperial last evening. in speaking OF the practice
o; sailing mines occasionally
SELLING sorted to in the West. told the FOL-
SALTED lowing personal experience: Some
NINE years ago 1 grub staked a chap
in Idaho. He discovered a prospect
twenty-five miles from our camp and brought
samples back 10 ne 10 have assayed. l turned
them into the assay Office get a report. and a
few days later I riding by the assayer
called 10 me and gave a paper. Knowing it TO
be the assay this claim ana not thinking il 10
be very important, I put 1t in my pocket without
looking al it. You'd better read that. Jack said
the asSayer, and when I did 1 nearly fell Off MY
horse The showed 80 ounces o. silver and -
ounces Of sold to the ton. The man who had
etaked our the claim and myself fairly burned up
we we wofe5 5r f5rse o2 saar @av like s' nerl In
the mean time the news Of our strike bad got
The evening OF the fourth lay my partner came 70
Irv cr orfJe If golde' sr,s1. .fo,lSv said could
but wanted to know the reason why. Wen said
There's not arvthin in il al all The market how
ever. good. and If We decorate it ttIe We Won't
knew my man and knew that he'd do what he
si1 share 80 OF the eaim for aSvrhing he'd give me
could not stop him from selling The mine without
a public row. and couldn't afford 70 be mixed up
in any such dubious transaction. 50 I practically
made him present Of % my interest and Gle2rea "a e out
capitalists for good round d=gre BIZ | s. meyer
-nizhv be mixed Up in the business.
That personal comments in political contests are
not confined to is well illustrated by the follow
ing story which told recently
POLITICAL at the WaIdorf-Astoria by proni-
AMENITIES nent attorney OF Toronto Canada:
IN CANADA. Sir John Macdonald, o: the Do
minton Of Canada. be it known.
came from the lower walks of life. He spent his
youth IN comparative poverty. and in his early
political career represented directly the working
class OF Canada His political strength lay there
His great political opponent in former years was
Sir Richard John Cartright Sir Richards youth
as in direct contrast TO that 0; Sir John He was
born ot the purple. had every luxury that r.oney
life. Sir Richard had one OF those tdceS upon
which a fixed smile frozen. similar 10 tAdt
which always decorated Disraelfs countena nee
ore election the contest between SIR Johil Vac
donald and Sir Richard CartriEht was particularly
and vindictlve. Personalities had beer freely
.UdIlgcd in both sides. and these loihd the
terulira ton in speech that Sir John made toward
the latter end OF the campaign. In addressing the
voters from the hustiugs, he cOrtraSted his youth
and early manhood with that of Sir Richard. MY
fellow citizens he said. you and knew the toucn
Of poverty wheu were young. We knew what
II 70 bed hungry, TO be ul-clad IN winter
and suffer from fatigue brought on oy the hard
work necessary TO our being. our youth
20 advance ourselves in life. You knew me during
that period; knew what sort OF a man II made OF
mc-What sort o. man am to-day. Contrast that
life II YOU Will with that % Sir Richard Cartright
silver spoon in his mouth. and, i; l 80 express
a German silver smile upon his ace The
yeu OF delight that followed formed an all sufh-
cient peroration 10 Sir Johns speech