The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-26

rent interest. as we'll as history, phiIo-
sophy, psychology, household receipts,
gems of literature. science and art. and
an appendix of the political condition
of the world, brought down to date and
illustrated with photographs taken on
the spot. wherever the spot was it Is
cheap 1t s., bound in cloth. 1t is a
complete epitome of the universe. deal
ing with the knowledge of all the king
doms-mineral. vegetable. animal and
others-all condensed for ready refer
ence. 1t lays the worlds knowledge at
the feet of one and all, at the lo,v price
of 81 down and 81 a month until paid
Three cents q day does it,
THAT was just what 1 thought" said
s Potts. Il can't use it. 1t wouldn't
do me no good. 1 know all that is i'm it
already. 1t don't offer me nothin' new.
NOthin' in it but the knowledge of man
an the information of the ages an the
wisdom of the universe. That don't
help me none. I've got all that al
ready. A book like that would be Moth
in but a drawback to me. The trouble
with me is l know too much now 1t
cramps me to hold it. Don't it, Dan
iel?''
Yep" said Daniel.
That's what's the matter with S.
Potts" said the hOstler. Too much
knowledge. I try to fight it down, but
it amt no use. 1t just natchelly comes
to me. 1t keeps me awake nights and
rObs me of my proper rest, and l git
I'D in the mornin' all wore out. and
bore down with it. II it wasn't for
Daniel here I guess I'd go crazy with
it. I git so full of knowledge over night
that I'd bust if l couldn't let some of
it out. I've give Daniel free of cost in
the last ten years enough knowledge
and information TO make sixty books
the size of that Encyclopedia and
Compendium of yourn. Just handed it
out to him, and was glad to git rid OF
it. Amt that so, Daniel?''
That's So" said Daniel, land I'm
obliged t We, S. Potts"
We'll, We needn't be- said S Potts
You was doin' me a kindness to help
me git ii off my mind Sometimes I
git so chock full of wisdom of one sort
and another it Just takes my appetite
away and gives me pain in my back
It's an awful load to carry, but seems
Ike l can't git rid of it. Tt would
make ye cry. book agent. to see me
layin' in bed of nights roanin' over
all that knowledge that won't stay out
of my head, and me not able to use it
the way it ought to be used. Sometimes
1 fairly bawl like baby to think how
mean ii is that I should be tied down
here to this here livery and feed sta
bic. and the whole world goin' to reg
ular racky ruin Just for lack of what
is in my head. It's an awful strain on
a man."
This book said Eliph' Hewitt.
lis so arranged that il aids those al
ready possessed of knowledge to make
use of it to the best advantage The
various tables-arthmetical, geometric- |
al. astronomical, geographical ct cete- |
RVS arranged for that very purpose. |
1t teaches them that needs teaching, |
and it helps them that already knows" |
That's all right for man that needs |
that kind of help" said S. Potts |
That's all right for Daniel here. No |
amount of knowledge would hurt him a |
bit. You could give him all the knowl- |
edge in the world, and then he wouldn't /
know anything TO speak of. He's built |
that way. but / amt. The things I've |
told Daniel would have made an ordi- |
nary man fit 20 be president of this |
here country, or professor of a college, !
and ylt there he sits, just as stoopid as /
ever. / bet he couldn't tell YOU now
what Roosevelt ought to 90 to straight /
en- out the trusts, and yit I've told him 1
ten times. if I've told him once. Some /
times ! git most discoura ged with Dam /
iel. Don't ]. Daniel?"
Yep" said Daniel Sometimes it |
looks like it wasn't no use to waste talk l
on me, I'm so loose minded that way" |
But ! keep right on" said 5. Potts. /
perfectly regardless of expense, like |
Mr.. Carnegie handing around the mon |
ey ne don't want and don't know what /
TO do with and is glad 10 get anybody /
TO take. Money comes in to Carysezie