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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19

not very long before he reveled in the
possession OF his first hundred shares or
the stock OF the road whose Indifferent
motorman had started him up 20 WORK
Tor 10.
This motorman by the way. still on
the road, still occasionally gave my
friend chance to wait Tor the next car,
an unknOwlmg, OF course, as he shot past
him. OF what he WAS doing. And every
time that that did happen, OF course, the
young man : resolve was strengthened,
mis- purpose made Turner than over
And now, emitting the details and
coming right down to the facts, in some
thlng less than. live years he had ac-
qgired a ma jority 81 the stock OF the
road, and elected htfnseif its president
That was making pretty quick work of
it you Think Well. / don't know. that's
the way fortune comes TO people VINO
really Work hard enough 10 deserve u.
And then, you suppose, he promptly
fired the Offending mOtOrman2 No, no
didn't exactly do that; he did put HIM in
the car barn 1or a while cleaning cars,
but before long he let him have mis- old
Job back-there was nothing mean or VIM
dictive about the new president-and the
mOJOrman didn't run past anybody alter
that. Tor he had sense enough to profit
by the good, hard jolt he had had I'm this
experience, and in the course of time he
went higher on the road, thanks agsnn, 10
the man who sowed his great good Tor
tune. primarily. to the comparatively Uri-
vial circumstance Of being left behind,
by this motorman. on a crossing.
You say you'd like TO know of some
thriving western town like that where
trolley roads could be bought cheap, and
where you could go and stand on a cross
ing and have some mOtorman run past
you and make you feel so mad you'd go
and buy the road and so forth?
well. you mightn't find any roads Just
like that around now, in this year 1898,
perhaps, but there's just as good other
opportunities lying around everywhere,
waiting for somebody to grasp them.
In tact there are, now rs ever. more
opportunities than seekers; for-to saw
something OF those prompted by just plain
ambition-many as are those who. BY one
odd cause and another. great or tritling.
are. happily. spurred on TO fortune, there
are many more whom nothing can stir,
who are satisfied to plOd along Just as
they are. who will never get out OF the
same ola rUt, nc matter how hard or IN
what manner you spur EN-"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19
SECTION THREE.

police and fire departments clean de STREETS. pay de
Hold on says Whiswers. IF your company
pays for running all does departments, why would
Sir says Mr.. Paul. 'dere are soften expenses in
connection Wit gOv-ment which it is not polite 10
discuss in mixed company. For particulars. refer
to friends. Plat, Croker and Company Dis
plan was suggested to me a pOissOnaly conducted
tour about town wit Chames to guide me, today L
found dat at de present rate of progress New York
little time will be solidy built up teeatres and
hotels De business IS madly IN need of organization
say dat is bold of wod-What2-"Of organiza-
ton 1t should be run in a community of interest.
Here is teeatres being built all over de lot. wit ho-
tells stuck in between and no general plan, econ
amy; competition instead of cooperation, and mill
lions OF graft going to waste because nobody has taut
of me plan"
But what has fencing in de island got to do wit
Oats De starting point says Mr.. Paul You
800 NSeP VIZ STU 70 met OuI VI Ne"
YORK II you threatened EN- wat smallpox and gating
guns It's de onchiset graft dat went to
since Noah forgot to charge admission TO de ark. We
mas de goods and de people won't be happy until dey
has EN-. Make EN- pay get into de shop aud den
penses we now meet by de foolish trick Of taxing
ourselves me company viii still have all de profits
Of de shop for velveteen. See?"
1T sounds big" says Whiskers
But it's bigger dan it sounds" says Mr. Paul.
IT'S de graftiest graft dat ever grew out of DOORS
he says, using some real langwudge, which he can,
when he wants to talk straight.
day, I hundred buildings costing 1O0.O0OOO0
going up. DER hundred separate foolish owners is
building material for labor and for everything OATS
what de hundred little steel companies and de dozen
What is dey paying now, asks yOU2'
Paying dividends says Whiskers beginning to
get onto de graft.
Exactly sir. stop dis foolish game of build
ing teeatre here, hotel dere. a palm room some
where else, and row OF banjo flats in between Let
us get togedder; let US organize; let get de
game and stop playing long shots just because dey
is long, and play noting but cnches. wit de money
handed out to us picks our favorte
without waiting for de horses to be run. De whole
island will be covered by twenty-stOry building and
fast a teeatre, hotel. a restaurant
mile Of flats, any odder old kind Of a Joint is
wanted part of de building will be to suit
tenants De company fixes de rent-without com
petition. Is it a dream? What" he says.
Say, isn't Mr.. Paul fancy fneseer? But lis
ten: lit de pipe dat started dat dream and I'll come
in for rake off on de Doodle and wear me SUNDAY
close all de time and drink noting but real wine
whenever has tOist
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fit is to be de Royal; and on Forty-sixt Dan Fro
mans Lyceum; and over here Forty-nnt de
Comedy; and"
Hold on" says Mr.. Paul. you skipped Forty
sevent and Forty-eight streets
Give time" L says. Kirk LaSheli and Billy
Brady in dere- Let take de l. and go out
TO Harlem and de two teeatres friends.
Tim Sullivan and Harry Minors Kid, is running up
No says Mr. Paul, tautfuI like. let us go and
look down in de subway awhile to get de twist out of
neck got from looking up at de tall buildings"
We hasn't struck de tall buildings yet" l says.
Acre square: and you never seen de Ansonia furder
out de lane wit twict as many rooms de Waldorf;
mo more; more today says Mr.. Paul. Let
philosphise. What is we coming tor
Il mean what is society coming to-" he says.
Search me-" 1 says It's struck Lent already
1 says. and bridge whist tables is working overtime"
Bridge whist won't last" says he. It's a fe-
male" no, dat wasn't de void What's dat?
OATS it, Tanks. ITS phemera fad he
what we imported from Lunnon. and win stray TO
de woods soon deres enough teeatres in town
for everybody 10 get seat OATS de price. OATS
de point We is all coming TO de teeatre: which is
to say we is all going to de teeatres; cider actors
I'D RAIDER deal de game" I says 'dan buy chips"
Well says Mr.. Raul. I'VE must all do one de
odder. Dere will be many teeatres dat
all must be in de game, until Mr.. Edison perfects
his auto-actor."
Oats a ringer on me-" says dat auto-actor"
ITS near ready to be put on de market" says Mr..
Paul It's to be run by machinery and warranted
to make no holer, if de ghost don't walk and
all de press notices is roastS Den will come happy
time De critics will all be graduates of schools of
engineering. De part of Hamlet de press notices
will say. was eXcellenty rendered by of de new
pattern. two and half horse power. drop forged.
leading men, constructed lines invented by Mr..
Mansfield BY novel contrivance (for which de
ventor has patents) its exhaust is made to resemble
de sound OF enthusiastic applause. De power is di-
rectly geared to its legs. and when friction lutch
is trun on dis character be used for buck and
fancy step dances. between de acts De ghost was
played by high powered. alcohol heated copper
tubed utility which slipped its eccentric pin
de battement scene, and being hastily repaired de
wrong stop pulled out and it finished de scene
wit de lines of Rip Van Wrinkle. De Foist Grave Dig
ger geared little too high for de requirements
of de part and trun YOrrick's skull into gallery
causing rough house intermezzo. Furder rehear-
sails Will, doubt smOOd de action in dis respect
Ophelia was played by n low pressure. napta,
explosive design, invented by May Irwin. We were
not afforded opportunity to dis model its best
for in de middle Of de flower unfortunate
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19
ODD SPURS TO FORTUNE.
Queer Thing That Start Some Men
On the Road to Wealth.
fNeW YORK sunni

Some men are spurred to great en-
dcayOr by one thing, some by another,
really owe their success in life to insult
or misfortune. good, hard snubbug
has stirred up many "a man to a stern
resolve to get ahead Of the suubber. and
many man in his efforts TO retrieve his
losses has discovered in himself strength
and ability far greater than he had ever
dreamed himself possessed of. and gone
on to greater success than ever
But things much less serious than
these. things most unlocked tor, and tri-
wal things. perhaps may start man up.
as well. ] know. for instance. a man.
a most prosperous man he is now, in
thriving western city. who owes mis- great
success i'm life TO beng left on crossing
by the mOtOrman of trolley car.
HE was 4 man earning fair. living pay
this western chap, and wen enough sat
isfied with his lot, and II this thing hadn't
happened 10 stir him up I suppose he
would have been working away tor wages
still, but when he'd been left behind three
days in one week by one particular motor
man, who didn't seem 10 care whet her
anyDouy liked IT or not but Just scoOted
past and left the people there, why this
young man. To whom the action OF the
motorman proved very sharp spur in
deed. made up his mind he was going
TO do something.
The InOtOrman was heap bigger than
he was. so he couldn't lick him. but what
he did make up his mind to do was To
buy the railroad. and 50 get the power
10 KICK this mOtorman out, figuratiVely
"a 10 the kick, but literally as 10 the
result.
nor was this scheme by any means so
visionary as Il might seem. The stock
OF this road at that time was selling for
nothing. or next TO IL; the road paid no
dividends and nobody wanted Il. There
really wasn't a very great amount of
money. comparatively speaking. required.
and the young man set to work earning
IL.
'He worked harder and he worked
longer than he had ever done Before. and
his zeal and energy and ability soon got
him better and more profitable work TO
money he had been earning; and Il was
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19
THE wHIsTLING BULLET.
Never Dangerous to the Person Who
Hears It.
lMashington SIN.

Don't be afraid of a bullet that you
have heard whistle said General Andrew
Burt 10 Star man at Fort Myer yester-
daV. IF it sings in your ear rest as
surel that il Will never harm you In
fact as anv old soldier Will tell you, YOU
never near the bullet that hits YOU. II
IS problem OF 'dindage,' as the boys in
the ramV call it. In other words. the
bullet which YOU hear sing has already
sped past YOU. and the bullet that nit
Won has Kissed in the ear of some other
fellow in passing. before IL got 10 you.
Il is simple proposition after all. The
singing bullet is the atmOspreic vibration
which is created and the resistance which
the air offers to the progress of the bull
let. This cannot be detected by the ear
until the bullet has crossed the parallel
line with the ear. 1t NAV sail over your
head or whiz close to the ground. but u
II passes YOU at all the ear viii catch the
sound Of its flight. To the soldier of
many battles the voice of the bullet is as
music. He knows that he need have no
dread of the bullet that sings in his car.
II is the bullet that he does not hear
that must be feared. and il is this bullet
which ALWAYS brings harm to him. NO
soldier ever heard the bullet which ln-
flictec a wound on him.
u was amused once by raw soldier
who was attached to our command 1t
was his first time on the firing line. We
were skirmishing and some SharpshoOt-
e-s were having fun al our expense. 4
bullet 'whizzed close to him. faintiy we
could hear the crack of a rifle. but u
was not uiStlncI enough 10 naIH any nouA .
The singing Of the bullet. however,
brought a blanched expression 10 his
face He did not vince however. we
were living in the edge of the woods. AM
other bullet whzzed by. D those
things. I don't like the sound said the
Young soldier. Zip-another bullet split
the air close 10 his head. Comrade. ne
said to me between bleached lips i don't
want to be shot from ambush. Let's
charge the devils. ] told him not TO fear
a bullet that has spoken 10 him on IT'S
flight. but he did not like, tbs idea 90
living i'm the woods and listening 60 the
voices of those invisible messengers OF
a m -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19
Up a Pyramid TO Get a Foul

1liIed- Then ND stepped number six. and
"hen We saw who it was We all PLAYED
dNdN OUT. i was IN right field. and fully
expected TO see one driven with terrible
sDeed directly at me j remember that
shuddered and feeling Of coIdness came
over me as I thought how necessary il
was to stop that hit at an hazards
though the weather conditions were not
all conducive to shivering or GOODNESS, or
TO not even moderate comfort.
But II only proves that the unexpected
IS continually happening, for instead Of
driving it toward me. he hit an extreme
" nigh foul which scared over the catch
er's territory. That player gave one look
upward, saw whittier the sphere was
travelling, and like a flash ne was speed
ing to get under it. 1 remember yell
Ing warning TO hIm TO look out for the
pyramid. and expected him to stop sud
denly and let the bali fan where it would
But Just there / was mistaken, and Just
there he demonstrated that he was COM
posed of the same stuff which goes TO
make a hero, for he paid not the slight
est attention to my warning cry, but sped
at full tilt up the steps of the pyran mid
worn smooth by the million feet which
have assembled and descended them
through all the years since their incep-
ton. until he reached the tenth one. and
then suddenly reaching out toward the
now rapidly falling ball he grasped il
in his bare right hand and remained
therei Turning to the spectators below
him, who had been unmerciful in their
roasting ali throughout the game. but
who were now enthusiastically cheering
his remarkable accomplishment. he made
low bow and then, in a dignified man
ncr quite the contrary TO his ascent de-
seconded to his friends.
The game was over and we had won
won gloriously through the mighty ef-
fort Of the chap who had once been a
catcher. and I noticed as we went by
the ever-smiIing Sphinx that keeps its
silent vigil over the trackless waste. that
the smile upon its face seemed 10 have
broadened perceptibly. and 7 mentioned
to my teammates at the time that II
only reflected the gayety within my
heart
Yes that was great game today.
and the KID made a wonderful catch,
but 7 am afraid it did not quite equal
the feat performed during that fifty
reported.
] noticed that his glass was empty and
murmured: Its up to me: what's
vours2" He replied gently: Let it be
the same"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19
He just Couldn't Lose

are, anyhow, he said TO me in precise
" the same words and the same tone
he had used in making thu remark a
just look at that cub fOoling with that
pitcher-it's a cinch that he'll drop. it
and smash it to smithereens before he
reaches the next corner.
What a foxy way this fellow has
of making living. unused. But III
just give him a little run for his money,
so / will.
That's the betting end of it, 1 said
aloud to the sporty looking man, that
I'd be willing to take myself
Oh weH,' he replied, laughingIy.
any old thing to pass the time away
it's about an even thing, one way or
the other, 1 suppose
Just about said I.
Well he said. good naturally.
then, I'll bet you V that he doesn'
smash it before he reaches the next
corner
You're on said I. and we put up
our five spots with the newsdealer on
the corner.
This said 1 to myself, as I fell into
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19

step with the sporty looking man, is
like wheedling grant ma out Of a nickel
for cookies There's no way that this
crafty con man can pass the tip 20 that
kid not 10 drop that pitcher, according
10 the usual frame up, without my
getting neXt-to the dodge and calling
him down on it. 1 think 1 see a new
50 bonnet for myself this afternoon.
My reflections along this pleasant
line. however, were interrupted. The
boy was already crossing the street.
still swinging the pitcher wildly and
whistling merrily. He reached the
other side and went right along his
way, taking tremendous chances with
the pitcher and whistling with all the
fervOr of yOuth-and I had lost.
How had the sporty looking man
passed the signal 10 the kid not to drop
the pitcher on that occasion? give it
up. 1 didn't stop to inquire of him.
felt too cheap to stop for any purpose
whatever, but swung on board the
downtown surface car with a whole lot
of the kinks of conceit. combed out Of
me"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19

rous- minded natives like you. Paul to Ioin how to
travel underground, and for to do business in bal
Shall we travel in me mobile. Chames?" says Mr.
Paul. 49,
pass says. All mobiles dat dosent bust
derseves. busts into de subway. 1 saws I'D RAIDER
travel by hand / says
% we mixes out and 1 passes him up "A few Of de
new teeatres dat is blooming fort i'm de tenderloiu
. DIS says. when we fetches Toity-fort street
rs DE Druray Lane, climbing up de sky; dis on
Forty-toist is to be de New Amsterdam: and right
dere says, pointing little way off on Fortv-sec-
ono is where de same parties is build de liberty
ana here on Forty-toid is Reggie DeKoven's Lyric.
and here on Forty-fort is de Hudson ana ON Fort,-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19
SECTION THREE.
Chimnie Fadden Lights Pipe.

7 T like dis: Mr.. Paul says to de odder day
would pilot him up and down Main street bit
before New York got far ahead of him dat he
couldn't find his TO choch without comp.ss.
1 says sure and he asks Whiskers would he chase
along IN de procession. But Whiskers says nav nav.
NO" he Il has lived half a hundred wears i'm
mis- city OF me Dirt, without knowing any more about
u dan needed TO find me way to me club me bank
me choich and de few teeatres dat is not pIavnC
FITCH or rag-ttme. on your way" he SAYS Pm sat-
shed. III leave II 70 strangers in New York, and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19
His Work Cut Out.

my dear, demonstrated Younghus-
band. LAYING down his morning paper
and looking at the contents Of he Dish
his wife had set before him YOU have
given me this same breakfast food every
morning for n month. Are you never go
ing to let up on the Internal stuffy
''Re reasonable. love" returned his
better half Just let me explain. There
are COUPONS come with this brand of
breakfast food. and as soon as I have "A
hundred. I'll be able to get lovely rock
ing chair for grandma. Only be a little
Datietn. dear. | counted my coupons last
night and. honestly. yo1f have only
eighty-nine packages more 10 cat up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19

What is your plan. Paul?" he says. Tell me
quick, 1 can have a taste of heaven be-
fore | die"
1T is dis says Mr. Paul I'm going to form de
Island of Manhattan Amusement company, unlimited.
De capital will be few billion, but when set fort
me suspects III have to hammer to dscOurag e
subscribers / shall get a franchise for
pany to fence i'm Manhattan island and charge adj
mission In retOin for de franchise de company Will
pay de city all de long green needed to run de mon
eycipal gov'ment. 1t won't be much de company
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19
81 EDWARD ". ToWNsEND

cident to her repertoire attachment started her to
singing All Coons Look Alike to Me- Dis de
suit Of engaging for de part chilled steel. gold
plated soubrette. dat played in Casino production
last week Furder notice is reserved. but must
urge managers to see dat de song woks OF lady
autos formerly employed in comic opera is trun out
of gear when cast for dc legitimate"
Oats a great scheme I says. any of de
stock on de market? If it is. 1 says "IH go rubber
at de ground floor
No, says Mr.. Paul, lit over subscribed by de
syndicate. But hope for de best Chances says he.
II Mr. Edison can manufacture de auto-actors fast
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enough may be saved from being drafted into de
drama. If de woist to de woist. and every New
Yorker is needed to act out top of de stage, for de
entertainment of de strangers within money,
den know what line of parts 1 Will play"
Hand out de line says.
DE soivants dat fethches de bottles of wine"
he says Il notice dat very little of de wine is drunk
on de stage. and has often taut what good ting
de sOivaut has when he takes de bottle Off
Say, honest. if ever Mr.. Paul should toss a lip
glass of stage fizz he'd have de struggle of
his life ito remember dat he Christian.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19
Whereupon Mr.. Paul Has a Dream That
Is all Ready Money With No Discount.

Well, dat evening, 7 was fussing around de
library. when de folks hot-arng. and me keeping
ice in de cooler and wood de CRATE, I hears Mr..
Paul say L has graft he says-only he dude
woids what 1 TON into right English for you-"I has
graft for to do away wit all paying by de cti-
of dis delightful island of Manhattan"
Good" says Whskers. ''All OATS needed to give
dis city de comforts of home make price Of
living come within de of folks of moderate
incomes. like me. OATS de song he sung. but L cops
il right dat Whskers rakes of a hundred
thousand working two days year cutting de fringe
off bonds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19
To Be Really Realistic.

This" said the dramatist. who was
the scenario Of his new play
to the manager. lis 10 be a realistic so
ciety drama The heroine makes thrill
ing entrance in an auto.
What does she do then2' asked the
manager.
Why. OF course she meets the hero
and the villain and the sOubrette and
the rest. and the play goes on TO the
usual happy ending.
well. you start realistically enough,
but you weaken on your finish
"How's thatT7 asked the puzzled play
wright.
IF she's going to come in on an auto
she and few of the rest ought TO make
their exit in an ambulance."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-07-24

The season of excursions of farmers
to the state agricultural college has
closed. For the past two weeks, the
college staff has been receiving and
entertaining visitors at the rate of 200
to 800 a day. The railroads have
made nominal rates, and the excur-
siOnists have been bona fide farmers,
who have visited the college to &C.
quaint thems elves with improved
methods in agriculture. Lady dele.
gates have received valuable hints ir
~housewifery, the growing Of hedges
and shrubbery and such other mat.
tiers as pertain to the women's side Of
life on the farm Altogether. the ex-
cursions have been beneficial and in
structive. and in bringing farmers and
college into closer relations, prove mu-
tually advantageous.