New-York tribune., 1906-09-02
a5pe LAUGH KEPT SENATOR BE7ERDGE sakaR

birthday at hand, bu; had not started
20 get an education and was without money OF
prospects. Rather early 10 be a bankrupt
wasn't IL? But I mature IN some
respects.
About nat time there was a Vest Point ex-
animation in Paris. two counties east Of "a.
Was there. rehahilitatcd in hope. and with sweet
visions Of tno tented field ana of glory won ii
The crash ~ arms n IN" midst of tac cxarlina-
''on, he reading aloud from hook. SOME
thing funny occurred and ! laughed. The ex-
amin r. marked n'e back several points Tor in
6ec0roUs conduct A. "a Was. lost the appoint
ment only ~ q fftb of per cont. Young
fellow named Brown got tho cadership and
Uas iis alternate. After my election To- the
Senate. in iS.n { went to tho Philippines and
Was introduced a. Captain Brown he was
good officer and ilne man. ! regret 20 say
that he has since died. Thus trifing incident
changed Icy nse. If hadn't laughed suppose
would now he Captain. ~ possibly Major.
Beveridre. l. s. :"
Ana after the laugh a. Paris: ] asked.
'Mouinfully 7 went home I'll" whole world
WAS black one day I ire; Edward Anderson. a
lumber dealer, now resident of oklahoma. and
he asked me why looked so down IN the mouth.
'My wheat burned up | replied. I failed TO get
to West Point I am without money. hope for
an education and am discouraged
"'Yheve 10 you want 10 go: he inquired.
do Paw University said.
"'tiet ready Then he walked away. Not
another word was said. / got ready and went
10 him. Here is $40 and he handed the
money. And here IS promissory note want
you TO sign / became steward OF a college club
De Pauw. That helped some No boy in the
world could have worked harder. 1 hardly slept
after decided that I had to win nearly ell the
prizes in sight quit. A. the end OF my col
lege course l had $500 ia prizes. but almost
died getting them"
What employment did you have during your
vacations"
The first year ! went back 20 Sullivan and
helped several farmers harvest their crops. In
one week cut 21O acres OF wheat with an old
fashioned selfbinder have ploughed every
field near the town Of sullivan but the fair
grounds. wss book agent during my second
vacation, selling Errors Chains. religious COM
pilation costing Sc ! tranped the country far
and wide. / slept az farmhouses, where I made
maps of the roads and directory OF all the
men in each region. getting their politics their
religion. the names of their fsvorite children
and the general characteristics or their families
II was sound financially ell through my second
year at De Pauw. The publishers of Errors
Chains wanted TO be state agent for In
diana during my third vacation. but asked 10
be sent into Iowa. I took fifty students along.
putting each under bond Of $500. knew that
II didn't re them up they would get dis
couraged and go home Tn. bonds. fancy. were
worthless IN law. but they looked rather terrible
and answered my purpose. My headquarters
were az Des Moines wrote out supposititious
dialogues for my agents. In which 1 covered
every possible objection any farmer OF his wife
might set against our b'ok. We spread Errors
Chains all over Iowa Senator Allison says you
can find copy Of that work in nearly every
family that has lived IN the state for twenty
years more
You were graduated in 1888 and then went TO
Kansas
Ny health broke from hard work and W. IN
nesi5 Of money. I thought would try Kansas
journeyed 10 the very edge of c!viizatio lived
| in q sod house. associated with cowboys, chased
antelopes and saw shooting and other rough
and-ready frontier demonstrations. I found work
in Dishtcn. the fourth county cast OF Coloraio
which consisted OF four or five houses made OF