Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1896, Page 17

” al ene GOLDEN ERA COMING Tnerease in the Yellow Metal Out- put and the 3ifect. TALK WITH A WALL STREET OPERATOR Senator Teller Chats About Luck in Money Making. SOME OF THE RICH MEN ee (Copyr'ghted, 1866, by Frank G. Carpenter.) HILE IN NEW WV sere the other day I pped in ior a moments at @e of Henry and had a few offic h him about money matters. Mr. Clews is the oldest broker in Wall stre He began to specu: late at twenty-two, and he is still in the swim at sixty. I ask- um He told me e to stay, and that up-grade of financial good “I expect to see the times improve stead!- Iy"from now on. We are going to have a perlod of old infla e golden era fs about to come. wili_ prod ¥ the and Wall Street Gamblers ms for e€ of a successful here by in the end. are ap ° time to politics fn th I the U man di States. in the United anderbilt stands at at least repliea y these fortur: a 3. = been ns and a half in one Ii was in Geor, tate repi I got up, to ge throug! clip at a bonds. You and I could do ver, but I don’t mh an experience Rothins. want again.” Teller Talks of Cripple Creek. hy ho suc! Speaking of Mr. Clows’ bellef of there being 2 gold erm at hand, I hed a chat the pther day with Senator Henry M. Teiler about the rich Cripple Creek gold mine of Colorado. Cripple Creek lies just back of Pike's Peak. It Is, perhaps, tho best gold region in the United Strtes today. Senator Toiler bed just come fromm the mines when IT saw him Said he: “A wonderful gold development fs going om in Colorado, and this haa pracifeally changed the condition of the state. We geamed to be on the verge of ruin fn 1803 through the fall in the price of s!lver. Now financial skies have changed, and all the clouds have golden iinings. New mines have been discovered at Cripple Creck, and ‘@ have some rich gold mines at Camp eek and Fulford. The Cripple Creek mines are @Ebt to ten ited two of milifon dellars a year. ‘The | out gold at the rat2 of from | $8. vis- the greatest mines there during j down at 5 and 10 cents. He replied that he my stay. In the Portland mine I found millions in sight, and I am told that the In- dependence mine ts equally good. The Port- land mine {s turning out about $16,000 worth of gold a day, or more than half a million doliars a month. It costs very little to get the gold out. The average Is less than 25 cents an ounce, and an ounce of gold is, you know, worth more than $20. Nineteen dollars and twenty-five cents is a good profit off of 25 cents, isn’t it?” Colorado Rich Men. “Yes, it ts," sald I. “But I suppose the most of this money goes to the east?” No, it does not,” replied Senator Teller. “I thank fortune it does not. The east has had little confidence in Colorado of late years. It would not for a long time take any stock in the gold discoveries, and Col- orado men had to develop the mines them- selves. This is what I want. I want to see the state develop itself and get the profit. We don't want a lot of fellows living in the east and fattening off the body of Colorade. We are practically independent. Colorado kas all sorts of resources, and if the people do rot want our silver we can give them gold. If they don't want gold we will give them coal, ard if they don’t want coal we have got enovgh petroleum in the state to float mary of the eastern cities. The gold disccveries have filled the Colorado banks. I heard not long ago from Colorado Springs. My letter stated that there was more than a million dollars of Cripple Creek gold de- posited fn its hank vaults. I have a recent statement frem one of our banks in Denver. It has a half million dollars capital and its Geposits now smount to more than seven millions of dcilars.”” The Golden Era. . “Do you think t gold output will con- tinue to increase “I don’t know why it should not,” replied Senator Teller. “Some of the mines which I saw have encugh gold in sight to keep them busy for ye rs, and new mines, as I said, There ts a great in- ‘old product. It usn- o abort $159,000,600 annually. uch a rate that It re than $20,000,000 a i to see it ia will make nk, several ial change in nen who are m y out of them?” ere are a number of men x realizing fortunes,” replied Senator : Yr persons who have va! patton. pendence mine, which is now ng out a half million dollars every h. I venture to say he can clear that ha month. Some of his ore is so rich that it can he teken out at an expense of 19 cents an ovnee, and [ don’t suppose that it costs him : ) monthly te d when I was Denver bank.” - utton a rich man to start with?” g out 2 half millfon mber a few a few dol- “How about Dz Tasked. “H is he not ntor Teller. “When I t he was running ry store in Denver. I think. He r of a bank, ach that jority of the of that mine is one of t Hie has lace ple Creek. His Expericnce With a Tramp. “What kind of a man is Moffatt, Senator?” seid. “You remember how a tramp scared him into @ present of $20,000 with a little bettle of water?” replied Senator Tel- 3 a bottle of sweet oil. I have ffatt abcut it. He was a wild-eyed ‘Too emed to be despe: se. After a few ow € he said he talk ke pu id it up. befo tained nitro-glycerine. ite have some money, mo- a little botile out of ment. ‘ng blown into ators. b bound to coun ter in the outer office, ret it cashed and If he did not he eon the floor ang and the bank into ‘att looked at the mau her he was te’ t he decided that and that he would oblig: i me th tl t after he had gotten started cut of the bank. ed io the cashier's desk,asked for the $20,000, got nd handed it to the who took it and ran ovt. Moffatt at but it was then reaught. The in- i: the pressure o: the sitiration of Mo t e have contained dynamite and might have been as dangerous in its explosive power as the bomb. which was thrown ai Russell Sage. He was wise in rot risking it. How Seme Fortunes Were Made. “1 suppose big fortunes are often made in Colorado by chance, are they not, Senator? Mining is to a large extent a matter of luck?” “Yes,"" exid the Senator, “luck has a great The bottle | deal to do with ft, It takes luck, brains and nerve. I bought “a -mine once for about $12,000, and I made $100,000 out of it. } had a chance to go into another for $15,- 6%. I would have kad to borrow money to do so, and I was afraid of it. This was for a third Interesi,and within a short time the mine was sold for about $3,000,000. I would have made nearly $1,000,000 out of my $15,- 606, but T had not at that time the netve to risk it. The same fellows who asked me to go in with them to buy that mine have lately made a big strike at Cripple Creek. They bought a mine and stocked {t on the basis of five cents a share to raise the $30,000 which they needel to develop it. The face value of the stock was $600,000 at the start, and it cost those who went in only 5 cents on the dollar. It is now worth more than $1,500,000, and every 5 cents put inte It has risen to a value of from §$2-to asked one of the owners why he did not take me in when the stock was i | \ THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEB ‘did not know that it -would amount to any- 4) ; and he feared to offer it to his friends. One of the present C n from New York got ‘a block of stock in it for 11 cents a share. Much in Luck After All. “Yes,” continued Senator Teller, ‘thie matter of fortune making fs to a largd ex- tent a matter of luck. I know, for instance, of @ mine which was sold a few months ago and which is now paying a big divi- dend. It was discoverei in Idaho and the prospectors capitalized it at $500,000. They wanted $35,000 cash to open it up, so they took $150,000 of the stock for themselves and sold the remaining $250,000 at 10 cents a share to get the “$35,000 to open the mines. They came to Denver to get the money. One of the prospectors knew Gov. Grant and one other of our capital'sts. Both of these men were out of the city, and not knowing where to turn the prospector went on to Ohio, ‘where he finally succeeded in placing the mine at Youngstown. He brought back his $45,000 and began to work. The mine paid at once, and it is now giving 10 per cant dividends on the face value of the stock, realizing, in fact, more than $50,000 & month.- Had Grant been in Den- ver be would have bought the mine and luck fn this case diverted a fortune to Ohio. Take my own case. I am not a rich man i} and stil I have lost a couple of hundred | thousand dollars by not being in Denver at the proper time. A frieng of mine came into my office to ask that I.buy his mining Property. He told my partner that he was Willing to give me he option on it for thirty days at $125,000. Had I been in Den- ver I would hive jumped at the chance 8, for I knew that the property was worth several times that. T was out In the coun- | ty, however, and the man could not wait. He handed it over to another party and ie ee ynee ie It was rescld to.Chaffee r #00, the otner part; Bote are ee otner Party clearing just FRANK G. CARPENTER. Written for The Evening Star. Oh, Lund of Liberty, America, America, Beside thy peaceful coasts An isiaud fair, an Island dear, Is sore beset by hests Of foes whose might regards no right, Xo law but tyranny. Her soil is red with life blood shed For love of liberty! America, America, cruel warfare rent, pot bands froin Spanish lands, S$ and dungeons pent, Her chlidren die—their stifled ery Is not unheard by thee. End thon the strife, save thou her Ife, Ob, land of liberty! Ameriea, America, Shal Cuba plead in Prelongs her grief and pain? Thy wondrous dow'r of wealth and pow'r dl strength were given thee rest away thotr helpless prey From foes of Hherty! America America, ets of Europe wait ry. i resist their will And seek for Uberty! Amerlea, America, Arise! ‘tha hs? no lot Or ps ity throng Of nxtin: ot What fate the Caristlan thralls, What kau holy tee: Great nations bold for lund and gold, But false to litwrt; America, Am Canst ven blest, freedom's light, 2 breakfast table than are to a banquet. Hungry men have declined tn numbers and infiuerce, and European travel has had a depleting effect upon that fine old institution—breakfast. No one but the “autocrat” ever talked much at that meal, for the viands were too tempting—great beefsteaks, hot rolls, buckwheat cakes, ome- lets, potatoes, coffee, and even, at Mr. Emerson's, pie. Then returned ‘travelers began to bring back tales of the retined con- tinental breakfas It was even narrated man thought th hearty breakfast when he put cream in coffee. So pie was first banished, and the ot! heavy avtictes i phere where the ce doctrine and the pic should reign — Obviously Pradent. From the Detroit Catholic. ‘Tramear Driver—‘Me and my off horse has been working for-the company for twelve years now.” Passenger—“That so? The company must think a good deal of you both.” Driver—“‘\Wwell, I dunno: Last week the two of us were taken sick, and they got a coctor for the horse and docked me. Get up, there, now, Beisy. soo An Important Part of Speech. Trom the Viladeipbia Item. He—“What is a_ kiss, speaking?” She (with a blush and a pucker)-—“It'’s a conjunction—ove of trose things that can- not be declined.” = 49 —____ 2 Entirely Unintentional. From the Woonsocket (R. 1.) Reporter. Mistress—‘‘Mary, how was it I saw you your friends to my cake and grammatiéally ‘I can't tell, ma’am, for the life of mm sure I covered the keyhole.” me, for + o+-- —__ Are Not Always What They Seem. Things From Punch. His Honor—“H’m! Will you kindly raise your veil. I find it extremely difficult to— h'm—hear any one distinctly with those thick veils—”" “Er—er—thank youl Silence! Eve: ee court turned into a place of amuse- ment!” T will not AGES, RUARY 15, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR P GET YOUR TRANSFER Some Strect Oar Passetigers Are Not Entitled to Them 1 CHAT WITH A RAILECAD CFFI-IAL Where Conductors HandiQOut the Desired Tickets. ADVANTAGE TO BOTH PARTIES | | RANSTERS? WELL, I wish the company would allow me five rents apiece for every transfer ticket over five hundred it is swindled out of every day. The above wish was made by an official of the Washingion | and Georgetown line one day recently to a reporter of the Star. “If that many peo- ple mua. to beat their way over the road through the transfer system,” he went on, “it can be easily made out that @ considerable number use (he privilege in the aggregate. We handle on an average of eight thousand trausfers daily in the | little box at the 7th street station, and of | that number fully a thousand ure given out to people that have no right to them. UA) at 15th street and New York avenue it is the same, and from thesa two points alone a very pretty penny is lost. Of course, persons who will take the trouble to go out | of their way to gain five cents dishonestly, | dc not, as a rule, travel on street cars at their own expense. To this class the trans- fer privilege fs a boon, to honest people a blessing, as they are getting what they are justly entitled to—a continuous ride for one fare. “You would be surprised to know the peo- ple who make it # puint to ride at least once a day at our expense. They have to asa rule, to ride to their places of em- yment In the morning, but the getting home in the evening with giving up their little nickel calls for considerable un- derpiay, as a whist expert would say, and they seem to thoroughly understand the game. T e, for example, a man living in north cr south section of the city, w! work calls him in the directioa of the ¢ tol or treasury. He has paid his fare in the morning and decides to ride home free in the evening. He will walk down to 7th street, stand on the north side of the ave- nue until a car comes east, and then cross quickly over, mingle with the passenge.s and get his transfer. If he is not too tim- id, he may try the same dodge at the 15th | street station end save walking altogether, but the risk is greater up there, as the cars | are not so far away from: the’ transfer agents, Want to Ride for Nothing. “Then, again, iany split the trips in two in this way. They will walk half way, that ‘s, to the transfer station, in the morning, steal a transfer and ride the remainder of the way to the office. From this class we | never get anything. “Another class th: cent are the people t of the transfer stations They simply walk ‘@p to the ugent gt the right momen they have the migment down Very. fi ask for a ticket as if it is the most thing in the world to ride for nothing “We have ta th trouble toe put out the spotters oa: thes 7 | impo: jo te break | hike catching drops in a downpou S| The men would follow a ‘suspect’ over | te the stati expe while he was doing is litile it, perhi ame, and, ys a dozen more would be indulging in their little swindle. “The transfer agents cannot take any chances in calling down a man, no mAtter how plain thelr proofs may be. Of cour: they do it once in a while, but it becomes i) wearisome, through repetition and conse quent turmoil, and the seasoned agent takes | the little swindles as a matter of course, | smiling, no doubt, at the smail things in | life. “Ladies? Sure ond go They are the acme of | through the business otters have | ght several of them and the way they | brazencd it out makes a man almost asham- ! ed of his own sex. These women sare, as a rule, memters of the same fam as the} men swindlers and are generally given par- ticulars by the latter before starting out as to how they shali act. ‘Transfers on the Cars. “As to the remedy, the best way out is for the conductors to give out transfer tickets on the cars. I would like to see this plan edepted on the ‘avenue’ line for a week, and the old regime wou!d never re- turn. The company would save at least a hundred dollars a day. It would be hard on the cenductors at first, but the 9th street and F street men do not complain; neither would the Commissioners, after seeing the plan in operation. The free transfer sys- tem is too good a thing to be abused, and should be pushed along instead of retard- ed.” “T recently had a strange experience in connection with transfers that is werth telling, as it came directly under my ey seid another well-known official, ‘A Con: eressman, worth his millions, got on a car, paid his fare and asked the conductor for a transfer to another line. He received the transfer. A square from the transfer- ring point he alighted from the car and cted some business. I was so in- ‘ted in that ‘nickel-Congressinan’ that o alighted from the car to ascertain to what length he would go to beat us out of five cents. “After attending to his business he walk- ed to the transfer point, mounted the car wanted and tendered his transfer. had held the watch on him, and knew he had stayed over the time limit, and folowing him on the car the conductor recognized me and at the same time refused the transfer. e@ heard the wail that went vp from that rich old fellow. The cenductor explained the conditions of the ticket, but that did not satisfy the Con- fressman. When he got home he wrote a letter to the road officials, and as it fell into my hands, I gave him ‘particular fits in the way of a reply. I only hope that no important street car 1 before that Congressman in committee, as i think we have made him an enemy for life and all for the litileness of a nickel. Writing on the Tickets. “We find that the transfer, ticket is be- ing used as a means of reaching the atten- tion of the officers of our coimpary, and I suppose it is the same with the other roads. In sorting the tickets in the office, it is remarkable how great a:number have scribbling of some sort on the back. 1 think the school children are mainly the guilty parties, for the writing appears to be that of young boys and girls. The com- plaints are short and to the pbint, as: ‘This is a cold car,’ ‘Aint this company stingy with its heet?’ ‘Cold, colder, eoldest car in creation,” ‘Say, build a fire and-shut the ‘If you can’t give us stoves, hire red- ied conductors.’ 4 “However, complaints are only a few of the curiosities of transfer ticket literature. Here are a few I confiscated and carry around as curiosities: ‘Use soap when you wash,’ ‘I love you, Maud,’ ‘Remember, Anna, when you handle this ticket,’ ‘This transfer is out of date,’ and sure enough it was, and the conductor who accepted it re- ceived a hauling over the coals. We have about decided to spoil the fun of those who seribble on transfers by printing something on the back of the tickets. Perhaps we may make a little extra money by printing advertisements there, but that scheme is open to argument. With advertisements in the cars and on the back of transfers, the people may enter a vigorous protest. 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Pres opzedie Dictionary, bornd tn I agree to pay the bal AS API SSIS SSFP Pa ae ae ea 5 ee eee ductor noticed that the man was getting the car. oe ‘Here,’ he cried, ‘you can’t ride on thet transfer if you get off now. ““Dot’s all right, mine frend, plied. ‘I meet mine w‘e here. home on dot ticket.’ “Over In Philadelphia the recent great strike was no doubt brought about indi- he re- She ride rectly through the transfer system. The companies, or rather the company con- trolling seven-eighths of the lines, decided to discontinue the use of transfers, and on a certain day shut down on them entirely. Public opinion was against them, and the street car men resolved to take advantege of the situation to sirike for an increase in wages. Everybody knows the result. The men won.” “There are many roads throughout the country the revenues of which are ma- terially increased by the transfer system, and many others are compelled by muni- cipal requirements to adopt the same at a very great cost. To sharp competition in many cities are due the iargely increased transfer facilities their citizens enjoy. ‘I can distinctly recall the time when George P. Frick, the Baltimore street car magnate, now dead, first inaugurated the trausfer system in that city. His lines were, for the most part, on unfrequented streets and his traffic was light. To build up trade he adopted the transfer system, and as a result, when he soid out, his lines were the most valuable in the monu- mental city. At first his ideas were laugh- ed at by the othe: months’ trial ex that he was right as the ‘Father years.” 4 magnates, but three rough to convince hima Mr. Frick was known ‘transfers’ for many t. of = Philadelphiz'’s Ant Hill. From the Philadeiphia Record. “The Ant Hili” is the curious name given by residents of the fifth ward to a group of houses fronting on the west side of 2a sireet and the north side of Spruce. The appellation is attributable to the fact that for some reason unknown the buildings within a prescribed radius are completely overrun with ants. The pests seem to confine their attentions to the territory bounded by 34 street on the east, Bingham’s court on the west, Spruce street on the south and Willing’s alley on the north. They have occupied this ground for a hundred years to the certain knowledge of man, and previous to that probably held undisputed sway long before Columbus stood his egg on end and was fired with the ambition to seek undiscovered worlds. Third and Spruce streets was at one time the center of Philadelphia's gay life. The houses are all old, and while many of trem still retain a semblance of respectability, the majority of the imposing buildings are new occupied by Russians and Polish immi- grants. Agrecable. From the Indianapolis (ind.) Journal. Bhe stood before the glass, gazing earnest- ly. “Really,” she sald, “I do believe I have mustache coming.” aa yet she seemed rather pleased than otherwise. In another moment the young man she had seen through the window had entered the room, bringIng his mustache with him. + 0+-____ Not Lost, but Gone Before. From the Woonsocket (R. I.) Reporter “I presume you carry @ memento of some sert in that locket of yours?” z “Precisely, It is a lock of my husband's ‘But your hual “Yes, sir; but ig still alive?” is all gone.” ———— ey Use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup for croup, A German Officer Who Consulted His Comfort During the Maneuvers. From the Berlin‘Roorsen-Zeliung. During the army maneuvers near Stettin ®@ comical incident eccurred. A young Meu- tenant of the cavalry guards, who has con- siderable property, was sent, with six men, to reconnoiter in the direction in which his reginent was to advance. Arriving at .a bridge cressing the Stettin highroad, he fastened a board acr. writing upon it with chalk the words: “This bridge is blown up,” signing it with his name. After this heroie exploit he retired a little ways and treated his command and himself to an excellent breakfast, in which several botties of liquor played an important part. Tired from the ride on the hot day, the little command, after that repast, took a rest along the wail of a cem allowing the horses to graze. In the meantime, howeyer, an infantry regimeni of the enemy h: rived + bridge, and its cx er wrote one, ich 1 This bridge is again.” The cavairy patrol were discovered and found asicep. The ecslohel of the ment ordered their horses and arms takea allowing them to continue in iuelr Of course, whea they 2 a s ard, and made thel iy | back to their own command, without being able to give an account of what had become of their h abers and guns, there was great co! among them. Since the lieutenant in charge of the expedition tn- tended to retire into private life at an e: day, to devote i aitural interests, the him the advi vle. +» for which please send to my address, as given below, one ce in seven eyual payments. binding (we AS “PULLERS-IN.” Keen Business Rivalry That Calls for Polic: From the New York World. The shopping mania prevails on the cast as well as on the west side. Sargains” end “closing-out sales” exert much the same fascination upon all eerditions of woe men. The women on the eam side streets, however, suffer from a more acite form of this m Rivairy between these uny chops is much sharper than among the larger and more dignilied ones on the oth side of town. This intense rivairy has ds- ved among these Little shopk: remarkable pr: ergetic “women pulicrs-in” to & Often Intervention, um up trade tor them. The “women pullers-in” are widee awake students of human nature. Thes derstand that the Baxter street matron who has say 40 or 5) cenis to pay for a new Sun- day bonnet ts quite as caacting in her way as her 5th avenue eister, who expecis te spend $50. A walk along of the biocks lined with “pullers-in” is an important even! in the life of one of these sp She loo! forward to runnin gauntlet with pleas: w she knows, are sure tc 'S content and draw hi iS disc: = concerning Uy i side. ilers-in” vary In appor as the retail e The most fashion Uitle stores employ the pret can find for this work. are often forced to empl attractive types. So the all the way from the 5 yellow hair and old women with 1 heads and who br hay represent jest The poo From the Philadciphia I Reuben Jay— Mandy, ‘Boots blacked insid ‘That there’s a funny sign, in front of her store. the'r hands & their num ject lessons on the latest styles. confines her work to the pavement direct It sometimes i Mandy: funny?” Reuben Jay—“Ef they black ’em inside, ik the blackin’ would rub “What do you see about it that's wouldn't you thi off on their socks Left-Handed Animals. From the Cincinnat! Enquirer, Superintendent So] Stephan of the Zoo has made all sorts of curious discoveries in the habits end characteristics of animais, the latest of which is that wild creatures are mostly left handed. Mr. Stephan has baen endeavcring to verify this observation on two parrots, lately brought from Mex- ico. He found that, in gresping a finger of- fered as a perch, the parrots almost al- Ways put the left foot forward. Usually the finger thus offered {s that of the right hand. But when the left Anger is offered to the parrots, they put forward the right foot. ‘There is, however, apper- matt & gmall residuum of preference for the lert foot. This seems to he due to the fact that men are usuelly right handed cnd offer the right hend to the parrot. Tho left foot is the one naturally put for- ward by the parrot in this case, and through repetition of this action a species of left footedness is induced, Mr. Stephan’s qoneel corclugion is that there.is no ovi- iénee that the parrot ts naturally [ft footed, aoe Bppestance of thet Iett fopledness ts due entirely to the fact that those pho offer the finger or food do Bo, as a rule, with the Hsht hand. Repelition of rocess pekee ¢ parrot more or less ft handed fn time. = er, that in their eagerness to so. ner they overstep these bow! arfare follows. The police many &musing stories of quarrels arising in this which they are often called upon t€ soe Sad End of a Had Boy. From the Lenton Sy Our eerly stories are mostly as intercst- ing as our first poems, I have only ong specimen quotable just now, but it is @ 52 It was written by a Ittle gtri—of eight, I beliove—and wat a highly moral tale of a little boy whose fault was Ereedte ness, and who overate himself at a Chris’ mas party. The consequence and punish: ment of this piece of debauchery ewas Severe attack of scarlet fever on the folr lowing day, and he rapidly became worsé. The seque} te told in dialogue form: Mamma—aArthur, you are very ill, Arthur—Yes, mamme. Mamuan—Arthur, do you know you ar¢ going to die? Arthur—Yes, memma. Mamma—Arthur, do you not think you had better gay a preyer? But he had not timo—he died! 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