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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
Hard Knocks Necessary.

Only experience-hard, trying and
disappointing experience-can make a
business man. Such a career involves
industry, faithfulness to duty. the vel
coming instead Of Sinking RESPONSE
bility II will require self-reliance.
judgment of men, and the capacity for
seeing things. Above all. 1t will de-
mand truth. square dealing and IN
terity of character
Integrity is, after all the greatest
power in the business world In these
days of graft and exaggerated reports
of graft is sometimes seems as II all
business were crooked and all men
dishonest Such conclusion, how
ever, would be hasty and unwarrant-
ed. and would be a great handicap to
any young man who aspired to finan-
cial success The revelations OF moral
obliquity on the part of men In high
positions do not prove that the great
solid middle class of business is dis
honest. They prove that no matter
how rich or influential a man may be
his sin will Jurely find him out. The
moral sense of the great majority still
revolts at dishonesty and the great
mass of business is still transacted on
a perfectly straight basis. the basis
of simple honesty.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
Nebraska Woman,s COCO WORK.

Miss Evelyn Brodstone. a young Ne
braska woman. who probably COM
mands the largest salary paid to any
woman in Europe. rose to her pres
ent position from a country stenog-
rapher at 81 a week. She is secre-
tary of a great cold-storage house in
London, with branches in every part OF
the world, and directs its foreign bust
ness Fifteen years ago she went to
Chicago and entered the company's
Office in that city as a stenographer.
Her rise has been steady. Recently she
left London for China to straighten out
the affairs Of one of the largest con
Germs in the Chinese empire She is
about thirty years old. and on her re-
turn from China will retire on an an
nuity sufficiently large to keep her
in independence for life.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
RECENT INVENTIONS

A process has been invented in Bo-
hemia whereby beer can be matured
and made ready for the market in
from eight to twelve days instead or
three months. the usual time.
A knitted garment for women that
a New Yorker has patented can be
used as a Scarf. shawl or sweater
To trim rough legs into railroad ties.
at a rate of $50 day is the purpose.
of a portable machine invented by a
Kentuckian
newly invented nail splits as it Is
driven into wood. the parts separating
so that ii cannot be withdrawn
poultry feeding box that an III
linois man has invented resem bles an
inverted quadrangular pyramid, par
titioned so that four kinds OF feed
can be contained in it at once, and
with a spout leading from each COM
partment
A flexible steering wheel shaft for
automobiles is a recent French in
ventica.
FOR those living in small apart
ments a New York man has invented
fiat gas stove that can be folded
against a wall. out OF the way. when
1t is not in use
The familiar electric warming pad
has been formed into the shape OF a
shoe and patented by an Oregon wom-
an for keeping a persons feet warm
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
Thackeray's Window Light

George William Curtis, and the tears
rolled down Thackeray's cheeks as he
listened to our sentimental ballad
But try as we would. we were never
able to persuade him to sing a song
or tell story or do dance He en-
tertained us with good cheer, and we
were bound to entertain him with
song and story and dance.
"Ah, those were rollicking nights
with fhackeray. He seemed to me like
a magnificent overgrown boy. And
after his departure for his home
in England, is passed the lodgings
every night | looked yearningly at
the window. still hoping that might
see there the familiar light beckon-
ing me to enter into his jovial com
pany."
Copyright. 1911. by E j. Edwards. AL
Rights Reserved)
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
CURING SOCIAL EVILS
SAID BY GREAT MEN.

Every conquest, every step forward
in knowledge, is the outcome of cour
age, of hardness towards oneself, oil
cleanliness towards oneself. Fried
rich Nietzsche.
1t astonishes me more than any
thing else to see the rest of the world
astonished at its helplessne ss.-Pas-
cal.
The circle of ideas In which art
moves and has its being Is a narrow
one.-Romain ROLAND
Fire is savage. and so. even after
all these centuries, are we. at heart
Max Beerbohm.
That day which makes a man a
slave robs him of half his value
Homer
The sensitive have their unctions as
we'll as their wounds. Frederick
Niven
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
For the Young Man of Today.

Il think | could succeed as well now
as in the past. 1t seems to me that
the conditions of today are even more
favorable to success than when | was
a boy. There are better facilities for
doing business. and more business TO
be done. Information in the shape of
books and newspapers is now In the
reach of all. and the young man has
two opportunities where he formerly
had one John Wanamaker
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
1t Was Signal for James w. WaIIack,
the Actor. to Drop in After the
Theater, When Both Were
in New York.

In the same year-1S53-that vii
liam Makepeace Thackeray came tC
the United States on his first lecture
tour, James w Wallack settled in this
country and took control of the first
theater known as Wallack's in New
York city. This noted actor and the
atrical manager had for one of his
great admirers the novelist Thacke-
ray While Wallack was favorite in
London he and Thackeray became so
well acquainted that the latter felt
privileged at any time to visit the
actor in his dressing room. where
Thackeray always received a cordial
welcome
Some time after Thackeray had
landed In America for the first time he
called on James W. Wallack at the
latter's theater. There Lester Wal
lack. who was stage manager for his
father, was introduced by his parent
to Thackeray.
For a few minutes took an instant
dislike to the man." said Lester Wal
lack years after. 81 thought he was
about the most supercilious appearing
man whom | had ever seen. But all
of that first impression soon passed
away and | speedily found myself in
intimate companionship with the nov
elist. In turn, Thackeray seemed to
take to me, and was delighted when
he discovered that my lodgings were
only a few doors distant from his
Every night that | am home he
said enthusiastically. I will put a
lighted candle in the window of my
sitting room. When you see it there
On your way home from the theater
you are to come in That will be my
signal to you that | shall be glad to
see you every evening | am not away
at lecture or a dinner-that you are
wanted within
Perhaps two or three times a week
l would discover the signal In the
window, and whenever | entered
Thackeray's sitting room he would
bound from his seat and literally en-
brace me There were always two or
three other friends Of Thackeray pres
ent, and we had good cigars Thack-
cray was great lover of good cigar
Now. curiously enough. during all
those sessions, which were prolong-
ed some times until three o'clock in
the morning-for Thackeray was the
greatest night owl ! ever saw-his |
guests had to do all the entertaining. |
Thackeray would lie curled up on the |
sofa. from the end of which his long |
legs hung over. and call upon one Of |
US for story. another for song. still |
another for song and dance. re-
eeepber one night singing a duet with |
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
RIGHT KIND OF MAN
BRUSQUE OLD PACKER RECOG
NIZED CALLERS WORTH.
Introductory Sentences, However,
Might Not Always Produce the
Same Satisfactory Results.

Until some ten years ago II was an
axiom in packing house circles OF Chi.
cago that a salesman should be guided
by four rules, as laid down By one OF
the famous heads of that industry He
was noted for his brusqueness, and
also a democratic nature that scorned
the usual hedge OF clerks that stands
between big man and his callers. A
bright, manly looking chap entered
the Office one day when he was very
busy. Good morning" be began po-
litely. We'll, what the blankety-
blank-blank do you want?" he growled.
Il want civil treatment, and | want
it blankety-biank-bl quick" came
the sharp answer. OH" The pack
er looked up in surprise. Moduiating
his voice a tritie, he asked: What
can / do for your" Il want job as
a salesman. l have worked as
butcher. | have worked in the pack
ing houses, and | have sold smaller
lines to the meat trade. | have refers
ences to prove that | deliver the
goods, and | have them with me- \
want to get into a bigger field, and
am here to make good. Have you
got a job open?" IF we haven't. wen
make an opening for you. Report to
the sales manager Monday morning
AS the young man started TO leave
the Office the brusque old packer
called him back. DO you know why
you got that job?" be asked. mo.
sir" well, you have the three es-
seutials that make a good salesman
I'll point them out to you, so you'll
remember 'em. First, you don't think
any man is better than you are, and
you have the nerve to stick to it, Sec
ond. you know the good points OF what
you had to sell. Third, you stated
them in the fewest possible words. III
add a fourth-get out before | change
my mind"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
Bv E. J. EDWARDS
Helped Expose Standard Oil

ostentation It was not for his sake
but for the sake of his family.
you know | am no longer con
nected with the Standard OIL com
pany." Mr.. Andrews said, by way OF
preface. 81 am out of 1t. | have
been used for all the value that is In
me and presume that | am no longer
useful"
thought | detected a hint OF re-
sentiment or chagrin in MI Andrews
manner. and | told him frankly that
had heard that he had been recent
ly frozen out of the Standard Oil
company
mot exactly that" he replied No.
It wasn't that; but have been bought
out | don't suppose the Standard Oil
company would have been any sue
cess at all If 1t hadn't been for the
fact that | showed the company the
way to refine oil economically and to
market II in successful competition
thought my ability of that kind was
worthy of equal recognition with that
of the men who looked after the fnan
cial end Of the business. But the
practical man, unless he has plenty
of money. is the man who is of least
consequence, and when others have
been taught all he knows, then he Is
not of any more use and is let out.
II is always so.
81 shall be very glad to tell you all
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
Samuel Andrews, Once IndIspensab e
to the Company, Had Been Dis
carded, SO He Told Many
of The Trusts Secrets-

] told recently the story OF the re-
the Standard OIL company at Cleve-
land In 1878 at a time when | had
been instructed by the late Charles
A. Dana, editor of the New York
Sun. to make a thorough investiga-
ton of the origin, growth and meth
DDS of the Standard Oil company.
That was In 1878. and the report
which then made was the first of
any length that was ever printed on
the oil trust
| had met a perfect Chinese wall
at the offices of the Standard Oil
company, the sentry of which was
one of the blandest and politest young
pen whom | had ever met | told
hirE that as | could not get my in
formation at first hand | would I'M
dertake to secure 1t at second hand.
So | turned to Samuel Andrews
had received an intimation that If
would call upon Mr. Andrews at his
home in the suburbs of Cleveland
would probably find him ready to
talk
Mr.. Andrews was the practical man
of the first Standard Oil combination.
He was an experienced, in fact, a
very able, refiner He was OF Eng
lish birth and had, | believe, learned
his trade In that country. He was the
man who made 1t possible for the
Rockefeller brothers to manufacture
and market a very high grade of
kerosene oil. AS he was at first in
dispensable, he was carried along in
the various promotions out OF which
the Standard Oil trust. so-called. was
perfected
In reply to a note. Mr.. Andrews
wrote me that If l would call at his
house at a certain hour some morning
he would be glad to see me His
home was a beautiful one perhaps
two miles from the center of Cleve-
land. found him in his library. Al
though of quiet manner. dressed In i'm
macuiate taste, and surrounded by
luxurious furniture and adornments,
yet it was apparent that Mr.. Andrews
had known hard labor, and labor with
the hands. There was no vanity or
false pride about the man. and |
thought that he was enjoying the
riches that had come to him in a most
reasonable manner. If there were any
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
NEW NEWS of YESTERDAY

| know about the organization anc
growth OF the Standard Oil company
Mr.. Andrews went on to say. u
don't know 1t all. but | know some
things But | must ask you TO be
careful not to suggest In any way
that feel that have not been right.
ly used"
He then went on to give me much
of the information which | had IN
successfully tried to obtain direct
from the Standard Oil company-in
formation that subsequent investiga.
tons, conducted In the name of the
law, proved to be absolutely correct
Occasionally. there crept into what
he said some hint of the strong feel
ing of resentment which be apparent
" entertained that he had not been
treated fairly by his old associates
Afterwards | learned that Mr. An.
drews had received for his interest In
the Standard OH company something
like s6000.00O. an imense fortune fCf
that time. So 1t was apparent THU
the resentment he felt was not due &c
any sense OF poverty, Out ratner 1T
ritation that. after the service which
he had given to the Standard OIL
company. there should have been as
he thought. a disposition to cast him
aside And because of this resent
ment many of the things that the pub
lie was anxious to find out about til
organization and the methods of the
oil trust were for the first time made
known to II in the printed page
Copyright 1911. by E. J. Edwards. AL
Rights Reseryed)
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
Danger in Arsenic Production.

Brinton. Va. now a busy center OF
industry, owes its beginning to the
poisoning Of a farmers COWS, which
also led to the discovery of valuable
deposits of arsenic. A farmer cleared
new field on the mountain top near
by for a pasture Before long the
cows sickened and died. 1t was
thought that the trouble lay in a
spring which dubbed from the rocks
in apparent purity. Upon analysis it
was found that this water contained
arsenic in such quantities as to render
1t dangerous either to man or beast.
From the time when the ore enters
the crushers until the finished prod
uct reaches the casks it is untouched
by human hands. 1t Is carried along
from point to point by automatic ar
engagements through each process OF
manufactur The impalpable dust and
poisonous gases generated are so dan
gerous that the atmosphere of the
plant has to be kept pure by artificial
mems.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
Subject to Come Before Inter-
national EugenicS' Congress
at London University.
PLANS INVOLVE MUCH LABOR
May Almost Be Said to Mean Prac-
tical Overthrow of Present Sys-
tem-Object Is to Produce
Only Capable and Sound
Wage Farmers.

The elimination of misfit workers
from the ranks of those who are ut is
one of the principal objects of the In
ternal Eugenics congress to be held
at London university
If the plan is successful the work
ingman of the future will secure his
| lob strictly on a basis of fness In
other words. the aim of the congress
is to gradually weed out the unfit
workers from all trades until only
capable and sound wage earners ex-
ist. OF course this cannot be accom-
plished in . year. or several years, but
must necessarily be slow process
involving the building up of the work
ing classes mentally. morally and phts-
ically
The principal subjects to be consid-
cred by the congress include the bear
ing on eugenics of heredity and race
mixture: sociological and historical
research and their bearing upon eu-
genics: laws and customs dealing
with marriage laws and customs; the
practical application Of the eugenic
principles In the prevention Of the
propag8 ton OF the unfit by segrega'
ion and sterilization: voluntary re
striction of the propagation OF the un
sound. the encouragement OF the pro
pagation OF the fit. and the place oil
eugenics in the educational systems.
The program mapped out by the Eu-
genics Educational society has the in
dorsement of the leading sociological
workers In Europe. as we'll as OF the
most prominent sociologists OF Ameri-
ca, Germany and France.
The forthcoming congress is design
ed to attract worldwide attention. and
matters of great social Importance are
already being discussed which will
command more than ordinary atteD-
ton The preparations which Pc
now being made embrace the inter
ests of kindred societies. and num-
Der of members of parliament will
also be invited In word. the object
of the congress Is to diffuse a general
knowledge creative or definite pur- !
pose. of the results OF the scientific |
of those factors which |
are making for racial improvement or
iecay; to discuss to what extent exist
ng knowledge warrants legislative
lction; and to organize the co-opera-
ion OF existing societies and workers
" the formation of an international
committee or otherwise. There will
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
A Lame Defense.

Representative Martin w. Littleton
discussing the Sherman law with a
Pittsburgh reporter. said:
you cant defend this law. Its de
tense is as lame as that OF the man
who defended the widow.
"A widow of very overbearing TEN.
per was about to marry again. A
man said of her at lodge meeting;
dear me. that termaganti
shouldn't want to be her second hus-
band, would your
well, I'd rather be her second
husband than her first
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
How Governor Hoffman's Refusal to
Prevent a Great Tweed Fraud
Utterly Ruined Political Fu-
lures of Himself and Others.

One of the ablest Democrats of his
time, man. too, who possessed per-
sonal magnetism that had gained for
him great popularity, was John T.
Hoffman. He was twice elected gov
ernor of New York state and before
his election as governor was mayor
Of New York city.
Mr.. Hoffman was first elected gov
ernor in 1868. and it was then said
that this election would undoubtedly
lead to his nomination for president
in 1872. Governor Hoffman was fully
aware all along that influential poll
ticians of his party in the state were
planning the capture of the Democrat
ic national convention of that year,
so that his nomination would be as
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
CONSERVATIVES for Success

Il have many times been asked If.
in my opinion. the young man of today
had as good chance to make his mark
in the business world as did his
elders. My answer is. Never since
our Pilgrim Fathers landed on the
shores of Plymouth were the oppor-
tunities for the young mans success
greater than they are today 1t is for
him to determine whether he will be
a success or not" - Stephen A.
Knight
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
THE TOlLERS.

An day the toilers sigh for rest.
Nor find II anywhere.
The sun sinks in the darkling west
And they forget their care:
Tired hands are folded on each breast.
The Lord hath heard their prayer
Through all our lives we pray for rest
Nor find it anywhere
Then comes the night with oalny breast
And soothes US unaware.
wonder much-and Is IL Death.
Or but an answered prayer
Carlyle Mckinley
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
Wesleyan University Professor
Sees Hope in Observance of
Christian Religion.
QUOTES FROM JOHN LAL0R
"OnIy Effective Remedy for Present
Generalization Must Be Moral
One"-Statement as True To-
day as II Was Sixty
Years Ago.

The Industrial world sadly needs a
transformation. Nothing less can make
/ it what it ought TO be. Nothing less
can cure the many ills. industrial as
we'll as the broadly social ones, from
which it is suffering now. How pitt
fully small in comparison are all
those mechanical schemes of educa-
ton, arbitration. labor legislation or
organization. taxation. public control.
and all the rest, Some little good
each may do; and so each should be
advanced till the transformation
comes. But. with them all and with
out the moral transformation, most
will still remain to be done; and with
out any of them but the transforms
ton. most will be done.
1t is now SO years since John Lalor
published his forgotten book. Money
and Morals" In it he said: The
pretension, however, that the indus
trial arrangements to which England
is liable may be cured either by leg
islation or by any changes in our
social mechanism, must be condemned
In the same sentence with the nos
trum of the quack The source OF the
disorder lies in the highest. that is, in
the moral nature of man. which. If II
is not raised and ennobled in proper
ton to the advance which he makes
In wealth and intelligence. must con-
tinually produce more and more fear
full varieties of Reorganization. The
effective remedy, therefore, can be
only a moral one. 1t must be some
thing which shall touch the deepest
sources of moral life in the nation.
which shall make high thoughts and
generous aims more common. and
shall subordinate the al-engrossing
passion for wealth to the nobler inspira-
lions of the soul Whether there be
any such remedy, and how it can
come into action. must remain for
after consideration. Here it must suf
fee to mark the fact that the fearful
social ills of which the delineation
has been attempted. may possibly be
checked, but are not to be averted. by
any ingenuity of legislation"
u6I6 were WOIuS VI . 6dl NAoOOA
then. and they are none the less wise
now. But is there any possibility OF
such a remedy as Lalor hints at?
believe that there is, unless God is
impotent in the social world which
he has brought into being The rem
edy. in the business relations which !
have mostly engaged our attention as
In all other social relations, can be |
found only in a transformation OF So
cial morals, of social standards and |
social practices. And the world has |
no evidence that such a transforma- |
ton can come except under the super |
natural sanctions of religion But the |
Christian religion. unless it is to be |
rejected as impracticable. may be our |
hope 1t can change this dark world |
INTO an abode of life bright and fair
beyond our present highest concep
ions There has never been another
social force as powerful as religious
conviction and faith.-From a recent
address in the First Presbyterian
,hurch. Hartford by Prof Willard
llso mayor of Middletown Conn.
IN Christianity in Modern Industrial.
life"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
Good App. france Counts

IF you have twenty-five dollars. and
want job, it is better to spend TWEEN
ty for clothes. four dollars for shoes.
and the rest for shave, haircut and
clean collar, and walk TO the place.
than go with the money in the pock-
cts of a dingy suit H. H. vreelapd.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09

ITO daily with your purpose, to half
VIII. to hang forever in the balance is
to lose your grip on life "-Orison
SWEET harden
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
WEDDING OUT UNFIT

be an exhibition of charts. diagrams.
pedigrees and any objects bearing on
human heredity.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
England Wen Watered.

England has more rivers for II
size than any other country on n
globe.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
Familiar Species.

What is the name OF that species
/ Just shot?" inquired the amateur
hrnfar
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09

Says his name is Smith. sir" an.
swered the guide. who had been inves
tigating Courier-Journal