The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-17

proach me about stock-mining stock-I
fall back on the advice OF my pal, my
literary shepherd E-bert Hubbard. He
leaned across the table in his den the
first or second night | put my feet on
American soil after gathering in Richie =
crown and he said:
Freddie you're public possession
now-they'll come to you with what man
ner of schemes and they'll offer you any
thing from the Statue OF Liberty to goid
mines Buy the Statue OF Liberty, Did
boy II you desire. but on your life don't
dabbe IN gold mine speciaities. Rriurm-
ber little Welshman, as long as twelve
cents stands between YOU and the East
River mat a gold mine is a hole In the
ground owned by liar
BE guided by the experiences OF "A
champion who toiled before you. Did YOU
ever near how they unloaded on the gull
bile Dane at Goldheld" Nelson had
tloored Joe Cans in a Goldheld ring, mas
terful. thinking. invncible Cans. He was
floorcd fairly Freddie, and Cans. aided ny
dear. old, intrepid George Siler. cheated
the Dane out OF the greatest victory 'h'
ring ever knew. II wasn't that Nelson
had deliberately fouled Cans but Cans,
master tactician, was putting over a small
bit Of acting that would have made 4
Booth or a Barrymore turn green with
envy.
"'Nelson felt ne had been chSated out
Of "A wonderful victory, even though II
might have been an error Of judgment on
Siler's part. Naturally when they charged
down upon him in a dusty rush after the
fight Nelson listened 10 everybody s
speech. including that OF the gold mine
booster. They told Nelson what an UNI
lucky day 1t had been for him and that
the only way to balance the scales would
be to buy lot Of cracking gold mine GER
tncates Nelson had $4,000 or there
about for his losers end. lie had to 10
something with II. 50 why not buy gold
mineso And he bought. Freddie, bought
veins In the sides OF hills that weren't
even mole heaps
"'They sold EN- to Nat Goodwin, 50
wasn't Il reasonable to believe that Nelson
would let them show him how his pile
could be multiplied by one hundred? Why,
! Nelson tried TO resell the stun from the
stages OF different show houses he ap-
peared al all over the country. So Fred
die. don't be taken IN
! and I haven't been and ! won't he.
added Welsh q know that I'm smart
| Inside the ropes. III match my wits
against any man i'm the world--in there.
| But outsidc--wcll. everybody TO his own
| racket And once you're champion
the mob wants you downcd, It's always
| been ike that The leader in all things
always had opposition. Away back they
| burned him at the stake, later they
guillotined him, The layman always en-
! Wed tho suDerman.
That's why they sit up in the gallery
and veil for my downfall until they
are blue in the face. There were three
great moments in my lifn--oue when
heard Nine Erncstine Schumann- Heinl;
sing IN the omen air Greek theatre built
/ i'm tho side of the California hills. The
second was when the Welsh miners stood
M IN a body at the National Sporting
club in London and sang their victory
song after I had been awarded the
worlds championship. and the third was
when I sat down TO wire my mother
/ that her boy was title holder"
A negro barber OF Little Rock. Ark
was buried the other day in great state
He had the most elaborate casket that
the largest undertaking establishment
could provide. The hearse was followed
by a procession of carriages provided by
the undertaken.
Just before the Jehres-Johnson fight
the barber made a bet with a white
undertaken. II Johnson lost the barber
agreed to shave the undertaken free FOL
the rest OF his life If johnson won the
undertaken was to provide a state funera
for the barber when he cashed ln So the
bet was paid
When Gunhoat Smith went 10 Londor
recently he departed prepared to SHOCK
the natives 10y ordering a dinner coat
the "thjrteeH and the odd" a frock COZ I
striped trousers, silk topper, a satin fade
AWAY and lot Of ether trappngs cal
cuated to make the Mall stand right OF
Its ear Jim Buckley, the Guuncr's man
ager looked forward to this descent
upou ole lunnon with great deal o
ecstasy. for Jim naturally likes to haV
an EuglishmaII cast cnvlous eyes MI
way.
Jim and Guuboat had been out OF
ihe deep about two days sailing towar,
the Old World Buckley Wa strollin'
along the dock one bright Afternoon
thinking of how Georges Carpenter wa
going 90 he spilled by his mighty Gun
ner Deep in thought he was hnall,
aroused by a litter Of laughter at hi