Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1892 — Where They Used to Be. [ARTICLE]

Where They Used to Be.

Senator Quay was once a roving photographer. Jay Cooke was a confidential clerk in a Philadelphia banking house at 18 and a member of the firm at 21. Gov. Chase of Indiana wasformerly a minister of the Campbellite Church, and still preaches occasionally. Conan Doyle, the English novelist, was formerly a doctor, but has given up his practice since he became a successful author. George Jacob Schweinfurth, the false messiah of Bockford, 111., waS formerly a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Patrick A. Collins earned the money to carry him through co lege by working in a shoe factory. Me is now the leader of the Boston bar. Everett St. John, general manager of the Chicago, Bock Island and Pacfiic Bailroad, began as a ticket clerk at S3O a month, and has elimbed.in succession every round of the railroad ladder. WAnhope Lynn, of New York City, who has just been appointed a civil justice by Gov. Flower, began life as a tool-maker. He commenced the study of law while following this vacation. Seceetary Busk was for many years a stage driver, and owned a stage line in Wisconsin when he was first elected to Congress. He is fond now of relating incidents of this portion of his life*