The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27

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the question OF pluck and energy. and the
conversation turned 10 Southland and 10
the possibilities in that country for North
ern capital and Northern blood and brains.
II know one man from Indiana who mace
IL win down there" remarked Jerrc ~.
Keeney. clever advertising man connected
with the L. & y. system. But this young
fellows winning was largely chance and
luck had as much TO do with IL anything
else he added. "A few years ago young
man named Harry Robinson went from
Jasper county down into the extreme south
ern part of Alabama TO make his fortune
He had no money and soon found that he
had not the strength to do the rough work
that would be required of common Iaborer
in that locality. One day. feeling much dis
Outraged and tired out with seeking for
the kind of employment he thought ne could
do. he crawled up on a pile OF ties that had
been cut from pine trees and for an hour
sat there and tried 10 think out the problem
OF supporting ones self In southern Ala
bama. 1t happened that these ties had been
cut from the butt OF tree that had been
'turpentined. and the butt being below the
point In the tree where the turpentine is ex-
tracted, the ties were rich in turpentine oil.
The result was that when Robinson arose
the seat OF his trousers was covered with
thick gumrny substance that had oOZed
from the wood. This gave Robinson an idea.
He figured that there must be a great deal
Of this substance In all the cRSt-eff wood in
That locality. He was one of those people
who. when they an opportunity. grasp
it. and he went 10 work. He got others In
terested and before many months he had
ten stills running in that locality. He dug
up old stumps and boiled the turpentine
out Of them. He could find oil in most any
sort OF cast-off timber. Besides getting tur-
pentine and pitch out OF this old timber he
had 1t burned into charcoal and received
good price for this. The last time 1 was in
Alabama these ten stills were running and
were making the company 800 day. Rob-
inson Is really the company. and he is
making a barrel of money. 1 don't know
whether you call this case OF luck. or
pluck. or energy, but whatever 1t is it is
making Indiana man independently
rich"
Speaking of the Molly McGuires' re-
marked Harry Negley one night recently.
II got about all the information L ever had
about these people I'm a rather peculiar
way. I was raised on a farm near Indian
apolis and remember one year when was
boy that we were very short of hands to
work in hay harvest. One day my father
saw a husky looking individual coming
across the meadow toward him. The man
had on an undershirt, a pair OF trousers
coarse shoes and faded straw hat, and that
was about the extent of his wardrobe. He
wanted to know il we needed a hand and
my father lost no time in putting him to
work. He was first class in the field and
when we went To the house we found he
was thoroughly polite and had evidently
been well raised. He had an interesting
personality aud we liked him. We were not
much surprised 10 find that he had made
and lost two or three big fortunes In the
Pennsylvania 81 fields He was on his up
eFrs when-we found him and was the sort
that could turn his hand to about any kind
of work His stories Of the Molly McGures
in the Pennsylvania coal fields were very
thrilling to all os u.s."
did you ever hear of doping the growl-
err asked the telegraph operator. who
has lived in many cities. as he bit off the
end Of his cigar and pushed the other end
against the electric lighter. 'I heard of the
idea In louisville when I was down there
Of can before you have the barkeeper fill
IL with beer The fact is when beer is
poured into a utensil that is creased it will
not foam. These Louisville lads got on to
this fact. They also discovered that when
the beer Is poured out of a creased vessel
il viii foam as naturally as ever, but when
poured in IL will not foam and of course
the one who presents his CREASED can gets
kfw ~ he -~ba
saloon keeper in Louisville for a long
time before he got next to il. 1 am told
that this il an old sailors trick. II used TO
be 80 frequently worked in seaside towns
that barkeepers would be found running a
presented for beer. to see II there was any
grease"
The telegraph editor was mad-not just
angry" the young woman who does
society would say. but roaring, storming
mad Telegraph editors. like other species of
editors. really have many things to make
them mad. an osservant person once re.
marked.
At o'clock the telegraph editors troubles
begin Getting fifteen or twenty columns
OF copy ready for the printers ON a morn
ing newspaper is a task that Is not con-
duefvs to smiles, when things run smoothly
and when something happens TO delay mat
tsrs much. plans are upset woefulry-whict
means that certain stories that are very
important for the first edition may be de-
layed and have TO be held out for a later
edition Making editions is one of tn,
things that make telegraph editors hail
turn gray.
On the night the telegraph editor was mac
several things had happened early in tn.
evening to ruffie his temper. Where nfteer
hours Of work have to be done I'm eight OF
ten hours IL 10 the very nature of thing,
that the schedule is liable to get twiste,
now and then when no one is really respon
sibIe for IL.
AZ l1:3o y. m--which is an early hour 4
the morning Newspaper mantle telegraph
editor began to complain. He had humble,
his trouble to himself all evening and kicke,
a cat that insisted sitting near his desk
but he did not begin TO roar until h
missed the first edition. which goes to pres
Mt IL O'Clock. with good story from Chi
cago.
II ordered that story an hour and a hal
ago.. he said Its got to get into the sec
ond II il isn't here in fifteen minutes II
make things uncomfortable for the nigh
manager of the Western Union" Then h
pulled vigorously at a half smoked an