The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-09
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Isadore wulfson. he of pigs'-feet fame. a
member OF the stan of the city Board OF
Health. IS a '.hoodoo." That is the asser-
ton made by DR.. Charles Carter, clerk or
the board. and he backs his statement with
a hard-Iuck yarn. 'Izzy and 1 went out to
the fair grounds one day during the racing
meet and / decided TO place a few small
bets, Just 10 add TO the interest a little.
Ixzy did not know a thing about the horses
and he tagged along after me, placing q
small bet here and there whenever / did. /
had no luck. Every time the horse l bet on
would start of with a flourish and finish
far back IN the ruck. / knew my judgment
was fairly good, and it seemed to me
should win at least one or two ma bets.
Finally i discovered that IzZy was my
Jonah. and L drove him away in wrath. Not
at all put out, Icy began TO invest for him.
self away from my protecting wing. he
tina Washington to a person In a striped
suit for a ticket on a 4to-1-shot. Icy went
srcund talking about the money he was GO
Ing to win. and finally Baron Rothschild.
horse, turned TO Wulfson and said scorn-
fully. That ticket is no good on earth, Isa-
dore. Tn horse simply can't win. Wen;
what do you think that unlucky chap cId!
he tore up his ticket, calling for $lo In all,
and scattered the pieces to the four winds,
oewailing the loss of three good dollars.
Finally they were off with a clatter- lzzys
horse got away in front, held on and won
by six lengths. Somebody told Wulfson
what he had done. and Icy raised an awIui
roar to the m when that hard
hearted individual refused TO pay out
money to one who had no ticket 10 show
Tor IT.. / had a little better luck after
Wulfson left me, and the rest or ths meet
ing l would not allow him to come. within
one hundred yards. He had to talk 10 me
through q ~meSaphone.
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Here IS a little story about a young mar
who is willing to do more work than Is
necessary TO hold down his job" A good
many young men do this and do not see any
Immediate gains from it, but this young
man received an Immediate reward. and a
handsome one, too.
The young man is a law clerk. That is
bis title. but he is really more than a law
clerk. in fact, which this incident shows,
Recently the president OF a Chicago cor
poration which does a large business In In
diana called upon the head OF the firm this
young man is connected with for an opinion
Involving some OF the finest points in In
diana law. The matter was one OF vast i'm
portance to the corporation, and the opin-
lon had TO be done by a certain time to be
submitted to a meeting of the directors Of
the corporation. The young man was called
upon TO work upon the opinion. His en-
pioyer told him 10 look up many authori-
ties, which at tirst seemed very abstruse to
him and did not seem TO have any bearing
upon the matter in hand. At least the
Young man could not see what reason there
was Tor using a good many or the authori-
ties In the opinion. but he knew they were
important for that purpose and should be
tnere or his employer would not be using
them. And the young man set about TO
solve the meaning of the opinions whose
bearings he did not understand. He said
nothing of this to his employer, of course.
but when the opinion was completed the
young man had a thorough understanding
or every authority and in just what a
and In how large a measure each authority
affected the matter in hand
The opinion was completed late one night,
and the young man was told to go TO Chi
cago the next morning and deliver the opin-
Ion TO the president of the corporation. He
before time for the meeting of the board of
directors. where the opinion was TO be used.
The president, who is a lawyer, by the way,
began to look through the document.
Il don't understand why this authority is
used here" said the president to the young
plain the matter Satisfactorily, but the pres
tdent did not ask him to. He had the Indian
apolis lawyers office called up by long-dis-
lance telephone. But the indianapolis law
yer was not to be found He was out of
town.
81 don't think this opinion is going to do
me n good" said the president. And ii
is absolutely necessary and means thou
sands of dollars TO US TO submit this opin-
ion to the board of directors to-day"
"I thinkI can explain anything about the
opinion that is not clear said the young
man.
you can?' said the president. And he
was surprised. "Well, it'll be a mighty big
service to US If you can"
And the young man made clear why each
authority the president did not understand
was referred to In the opinion.
Wire your firm that L want to see you
Tomorrow, and call here in the morning.
said the president. I've got TO go to this
meeting now, but I'll see you here in the
morning"
The young man remained in Chicago and
went around to the office of the president
the following morning.
II made a little trade on the New York
Stock Exchange To your credit yesterday %
said the president. And he told the young
man TO call at a certain w~ell-known broker
age Office in La Sale street A check fol
That's what one young man got for doing
q little extra work"
In Indianapolis there is a young man who
has a very dear and charming lady friend
that lives In a nearby town and frequent
ly passes through this city. This young
man also has a very bad memory, which
got him into serious difficulty a short time
ago.
The young lady, a sweet and tenure crea-
ture, who Thinks a great deal OF the young
man IN question. wrote him she would be
in the city between trains for an hour and
a half on a certain day. She would tele-
graph and let him know the exact time OF
her arrival. The young man, upon receiv-
Ing the letter, was overjoyed at being per.
mitted to have a few minutes tete-a-tete
with the young lady and kept a sharp eye
out Tor the message that would bring the
formatio as 10 when she would come
AZ was early in the afternoon and the young
man was lOafng In his place OF business
"nen a boy arrived with the telegram an
nouncing that his friend would be In In
annapolis that evening from . o'clock un-
til 715.
With a light step and happy anticipations
or seeing the one who had so long been sep
arated from him the young man Immediate
~ leIt Tor his apartment house 10 order
an extra plate for dinner and get his
clothes IN shape. the latter duty being alb
solutely obligatory. Carefully laying his
suit out and arranging the minor details OF
his toilet with an added zest, the youne
man was ut last ready. After a parting
peep In the mirror, a farewell brush at his
hair and one or two other finishing touches
he inwardly pronounced himself ready anC
lett Tor the store to await the train.
Upon arriving at his place OF business he
found a genial travelling man and thereby
hangs the tale. OF all the alluring articles
OF human nature to steal away ones
thoughts and sidetrack your mind from 2
set purpose IL Is a commercial traveller
This particular representative OF the T.