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' CHAPTER XIX.-(Continued.)
When Mr. Kellogg was conducted to
the cell in which Robert was confined, he
found him pacing the fleer in probably
sbout as dejected a condition as a young
man could well be in, though he had not
the remotest idea cf why he was in con
finement. He realized that he had been drunk
very drunk; and that it must be for
drunkenness that he had been arrested.
Not the most remote recollection had he
of the events of the. night before, as the
inspector had instmcted his subordinates,
in case he should inquire, to inform him
that he must await the inspector's ar
rival. . . .
When Robert heard the words, "O my
sonmy son!" and saw his father's sor
rowful and excited face through the iron
bars of his cell, the young man, with a
moan of anguish, sank, upon his cot.
The turnkey unlocked the cell door, and
the arms of the father scon encircled the
form of his eldest child.
,;0 father! father! I am not worthy to
look you in the face!''
"My poor boy!" sobbed the banker.
"How did all this happen;"
"Alas, father, I am unable to inform
you. I only know that in rejoicing oTer
Janeite's escape from death, and in drink
ing to the health of Dr. Strong, I lost
myself. Yes, now I remember closing a
deal I had bee-n carrying on the Board of
Trade, in which, to my surprise, I had a
profit of two thousand dollars. The money
is to my credit with my brokers. I sup
pose, the success of that deal impelled me
along until I became completely inebri
ated. -1 m-st have fallen in the street.
I have no recollection of bsing arrested.
"Father. I was never in this condition
before, and, God helping me, I will not
he again!"
wGc-d bless you, my boy; I know it!
But have you no recollection of seeing
Lawrence Terry last night, late say at
midnight?"
'Lawrence Terry? No, father, not the
slightest. Surely: he did not see me in
my disgraced condition?"
"Where were you at midnight, Rob
ert?" "Alas, father, I am unable to te yon."
"You must try, Robert, and recall all
you can of your moTements last night, A
grave situation coufronts us. At near
midnight the body of Lawrence Terry
wa3 found in the alley between Monro
and Madison streets, a dirk blade buried
in his bosom."
"O father, father! How horrible! Poor
Lawrence! Poor Laura! What a blow
to her, and to the mother and 6i3ter of
Lawrence. I feel my deep disgrace, but
that this sorrow should come is terrible.
Is is Lawrence dead, father?"
"Xo, my "son," said the banker, wiping
the tears from his eyes. "The inspector
informs me that the physicians hope to
save his life."
"God grant that they may be able to
do so."
"When I leave you, it will be to visit
his bedside. Lawrence was on his way
home from a meeting of the bank .direc
tors. He who, seemingly to the police
officials, had attempted to assassinate
him, lay in the alley beside him, his hand
yet clasping the bloody hilt of the weapon
that was buried in his breast."
"How fortunate that the fiend was cap
tured. But why did he wish to assassi
nate Lawrence? Oh, robbery alone could
have been the motive." ?.
"My poor, poor boy, be brave! and re
member yon have a father, who believes
in your integrity. You, Robert Kellogg,
were the man found drunk. and uncon
scious in the alley, clutching the dagger's
hilt. You are held here to answer to the
crime, perhaps of murder, at least for an
assault with intent to kill."
"Merciful God!" cried the young man.
"And of last night's transaction I know
no more than the dead."
, The inspector had been standing by, lis
tening attentively, and watching the
young man's features.
"You were totally oblivious to the world
when it was discovered that a crime had
been committed, Robert," he said. "Do
you recognize this weapon?"
. "If my initials are on the stock, the re
volver is mine. For special reasons I have
carried it for several days. I had noticed
that the weapon wa3 missing."
"The initials are here," said the official.
"The revolver, then, is yours. This,"
holding np the dirk, "is the weapon
around the fingers of your right hand wfre
clasped when you were discovered in the
alley. The blade was sheathed in the
bosom of Terry."
"That weapon! I never beheld.it until
now!" 1
"To your knowledge."
"Alas, yes, to my knowledge."
"Did yun visit the gambling rooms the
other side of the alley last night? Do you
know the place?"
"I know the place. Was I was I
there? Everything yet seems indistinct.
remember going to the theater. I re
member starting to go home. I remember
ha!" . . - -
The young man sat gazing with a fixed
etare at the iron bars of his cell.
"Well, what more do you remember?"
asked the inspector. :
"Dimly, many things; distinctly, noth
ing. . I now know why I carried the re
volver you have there. It was to prevent
in part what has occurred. Fool, idcot
that I was and recognizing the very
man. If you and father will leave me
for an hour, I may be able to recall more.
Stay! Inspector, see. the keeper of the
gambling rooms. You may learn " -
"I will see him. We will leave you
now.- . Try and recall 6ome of the events
of last night. But what man did you rec
ognize?" . "Leave that until you return.".
"My "son, I will visit Lawrence. He
may be able to speak now."
"O father, he may be dead."
" "No, no, boy; hope for the best.' I will
have your breakfast brought over. You
must drink the -coffee and eat what you
can. -I will soon be back. God bless you!
You are no murderer. You are my boy
mine and I will stick to you to the laft-
You made a bad break last night, but you
are all right, boy, all right."
"God bless you, iny dear father. I am
unworthy of those tears!"
"No, you're not, boy. No, you're not!"
And the inspector led the old man from
the cell, as Robert cast himself, weeping. !
iun lengta up0n nis COT.
CHAPTER XX.
A half-hour after leaving the station
Mr. .Kellogg entered the home of the
cashier of his bank.
"A sad a very sad affair, my dear mad
am," said the banker on meeting the sor
rowing mother of Lawrence. "I sympa
thize with you deeply, but believe me, it
was not Robert who attempted the life
of your son."
."Robert!" exclaimed Mrs. Terry. "I do
not understand!"
"Oh, then you have net been made
aware of all of the particulars of this
strange case. My son is a prisoner at the
central station. He is charged with being
the author of the crime."
"Impossible! It cannot be! I, at least,
will not believe it. Robert Kellogg had
no better friend than Lawrence. Oh, this
is utter folly. The officials have surely
made an unwarranted blunder."
"Hardly an unwarranted blunder, Mrs.
Terry, since Robert was found in an in
ebriated condition, unconscious, lying
partly on the body of your son, and with
the hi't of the dirk with which he was
assailed clutched in his hand."
"Why, why, I knew nothing of all this.
I cannot understand it."
"Let us trust that your son may be able
to clear up the mystery. Has he spoken?"
"The physician and Grace are with him,
Mr. Kellogg. But for your daughter's
photograph he would have been slain.
The doctor has not yet allowed him to
speak, though his mind is evidently clear,
and I can see that he desires to do so."
"He may soon be able to dispel the
cloud that hangs over my boy."
"I doubt if he dreams that Robert was
even suspected of having committed the
crime. Oh, nothing could keep his lips
sealed did he know of the charges against
him. Let ns visit my son. Poor Robert,
he is the last one who would have injured
my toy."
"God bless you, madam," exclaimed the
banker; "but we must be very cautious.
If prohibited by his physician, Lawrence
must not speak."
Mr. Kellogg greeted Miss Grace and
the doctor as he entered the young man's
room.
Lawrence glanced up and tried to smile
as the party approached his bedside, and
then gazed anxiously at the banker.
I "Of his spr-edy recovery frm that near-
!y fatal stroke." said tho physician. ' I
j entertain bo doubt. He is very weak from
I the loss f blood, and we must use great
-uunvii, in i iiv oi iuc unronunate
position of yoi'.r son. I think he might
venture n word or two."
"My dear boy," exclaimed his employer,
"if I never could see the advantage of
having a sweetheart before, I can now,
since the photograph of your fair charmer
saved your life."
Another smile wreathed the lips of the
cashier. ,
"Now, do not speak, Lawrence, and do
not become the least excited, for all will
terminate well. On your way home from
the directors' meeting, you encountered
Robert?"
The cashier's eyes said "Yes," and a
responsive movement of his had said the
same.
"The information that we received yes
terday morning, stating that Janette was
on the way to a speedy recovery, caused
my boy to rejoice to that extent that when
you encountered him he was in a very
inebriated condition. In fact, be was
drank."
Again the responsive movement of the
head.
"When you were found in the alley be
tween Monroe and Madison streets with
the dirk blade sheathed in your bosom,
Robert was found lying beside you, his
right hand encircling the hilt that buried
the blade in your breast."
A look of pain and a negative movement
of the head of the young man followed
the banker's assertion.
"My son is confined at the central sta
tion charged with having attempted your
assassination."
"He he sihonld not be," said Lawrence
faintly. "It was not he who attempted
my life."
"I was fully satisfied of that," said the
banker, "and as neither of you had been
rifled of yotir possessions, robbery was
not the motive that impelled the crime.
Do you know who your assailant was?"
"I do not," was the answer. "He stat
ed that he had assisted Robert to descend
the stairs from a a "
"I understand," said the banker; "from
the. rooms of a gambling house. Was this
the man who assaulted you?"
"It it was very dark," said Lawrence
faintly; "but I believe iPto have been that
man. He was assisting me to carry
Robert to the hotel. I think we stumbled
into the alley I was stricken and know
no more."
"That will do now," said the doctor.
"Your eon is clearly exonerated. I can
allow Lawrence to talk no more. One
moment and I will accompany you to the
station."
"I had a partial view of the man's face
before we reached the' alley," said Law
rence. "Somewhere I have seen it be
fore. Cannot Robert recall "
"Nobbing," said the banker, "nothing.
And not another word. You have spoken
those that will release my eon. Spare
neither time nor money on this case, doc
tor. I am anxious that my future son-in-law
shall soon be himself again."
"I trust his confinement will not be for
long," said the doctor.
"Should it, I fear I shall have to call on
Miss Grace to perform the duties of cash
ier of the bank."
"I fear, sir, that I should prove utterly
incompetent. I am very sorry for your
son's detention and rejoice that he may
be immediately released."
"Thank you, my dea girl. Robert is a
good boy,-even if he did transcend the lim
its of reason on yesterday. He is young.
It will not happen again."
"Please do not write Laura of this mis
bap. Mr. Kellogg."
"Bless you, boy. not a word. Conn,
doctor, if he must cease talking, we must
go. The police must strike another trail.
Thevrmist round up some more suspects."
"What, in your opinion, was the motive
for this crime?" the physician asked a 3
the two men were nearing the. elation.
"I am lost to conceive, doctor. It is
evident that the intent was to . murder
Terry, and that accomplished to divert
suspicion from tie author of the crime.
I tremble to think of the position my boy
would have been hi had the blow proved
fatal." .
The two men now entered the office of
!
Inspector Hunt.
"How did you lea re Terry?" was the
question from the ontcer's lips.
"Oh, he will pull through," said the doc
tor. "He will be bfick at his desk in
thirty days at most. But you have the
wrong man in confinement."
"How is that?"
"I allowed Terry to speak. He state3
that it was not Robert Kellogg who at
tempted the assassination."
"Not Robert Kellogg!" exclaimed the
inspector. "Not the man found with his
hand yet clutching the hilt of the weapon?
Why, it could be no other. I have, said,
and I will say again, that the young man
did not knew what he was doing. But
he must be guilty."
"Have you seen the dealer at the gam
bling room?" asked the banker.
"Yes, and am more than ever satisfied
of Robert's guilt. He was there playing
faro. The dealer states that another gen
tleman was seated at the table beside him,
and that he noticed they very frequently
called for the sideboard decanter. He
states that scon, seeing that Robert was
too drunk to play the game with intelli
gence, he suggested that the young man
go home. The gentleman seated at the
table beside him also ceased playing and
assisted Robert down to the street, re
marking that he was liable to break his
neck. He states further that-not five
minutes had elapsed before this man re
turned and inquired for a silk handker
chief that he had dropped on the floor.
He asked him what he had done with
Robert. He replied that he had left him
quarreling on the street with a man who
said his name was Terry and who stated
that he would carry him home. Robert,
he said, did not wish to accompany him
and they were quarreling as Terry drag
ged him off."
"What became of this man?" asked the
banker.
"Why, noticing about this time, just
after the patrol wagon passed, the dealer
says, that it was twelve o'clock, he closed
the games, and all parties passed down
the back stairs. That is all he knows
about the matter, and it leaves no doubt
in my mind as to how the affair occurred."
"Does the dealer know who this man
was?"
"Why, he states, Mr. Kellogg, that he
has visited the place before, but that he
is not acquainted with his name. Oh, the
man is all right, he would not have re
turned had he not been. There was no
evidence of excitement on his part."
"Then you still persist in thinking that
my son was the author of the crime, in
spector?" "Certainly I do. Though the author, I
can easily see that for certain reasons
Terry has no wish to prosecute the casp.
I wUl go over and see him. If he states
to me positively that Robert was not his
assailant, TI will release the youDg man
from custody. It would be impossible for
the State to convict, even though he was
caught almost hi the act."-
"Do you doubt our statements?" asked
the banker indignantly.
"Not at all, not at all, my dear sir; but
if Terry should die and I was questioned,
either at the coroner's inquest or by the
district attorney, I would not desire to
state that a suspect's father and the phy
sician attending a murdered man told me
thus and so. Oh, no; I would prefer to
be able to say, Terry asserted in my pres
ence that Robert Kellogg was not his
assailant.' "
"You are right," said the banker. "Pray
excuse me; but let us visit Robert before
you go and ascertain if he recollects any
thing of moment."
"Very good. Lieutenant, if any one
calls for me, inform them that I am be
low." "I have patients that need my atten
tion," said the doctor, "and if I can be
of no further service "
"Oh, I am under many obligations to
you. doctor," said the banker. "We need
detain you no longer."
Mr. Kellogg and the inspector were
soon again in Robert's cell.
(To be continued.)
Sensible Arrangement.
What Sir. Daniel Lysons believes to
have been the first case of a settlement
of an "affair of honor" on the Duke of
Wellington's plan is described by him
in his "Early Reminiscences." It occur
red in Halifax about the middle of the
present century.
One day Captain Evans came to me
boiling over with wrath and Indigna
tion. He said he had been grossly in
sulted by Captain Harvey, the gover
nor's son, and begged me to act as his
friend. I agreed, provided be promised
to do exactly as I told bim. He con
sented. .
I called on Captain Harvey's friend,
Captain Bourke, and we agreed to abide
by the Duke of Wellington's order
about duelling, which had just then
been promulgated at Halifax.
We carried out our intention as fol
lows: We made eacb of our principals
write out bis own version of what had
occurred. We then chose an umpire.
We selected Colonel Horn- of the Twen
tieth Regiment, a clear-headed and
much-respected officer. With his ap
proval we sent him the two statements,
and he directed us to come to his house
the following morning with our princi
pals. " At the appointed time we arrived, and
were shown into the dining-room. We
bowed formally to each other across
the table, and awaited the appearance
of our referee. Colonel Horn soon en
tered, and addressing our principals
said:
"Gentlemen, in the first place, I must
thank you for having made my duty so
light. Nothing could be more open,
generous or gentlemanlike than your
statements. The best advice I can give
you is that you shake hands 'and forget
that the occurrence has ever happened."
They at once walked up to each other
and shook hands cordially. They were
the best of friends ever after. Youth's
Companion.
In ancient times and among inland
peoples the possession of a salt spring
was regarded as a. special gift of the
gods. The Chamonians in Epirus had
one which flowed into a stream where
there were nafish, and the legend was
that Heracles had allowed their fore
fathers tQ have salt Instead of fishv
WOMAN
WOID
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to
THE VALUE OF ATHLETICS.
Girl Who Was a Physical Wreck Restored
to Health.
As a "strong woman," the sevsn-teen-year-old
daughter of a West End
avenue millionaire of Kansas City is
the latest marvel. It was last June
that the young lady in question was
graduated froni college a physical
wreck. It was thought that she was
going into a decline, and many special
ists were consulted, but there seemed
no organic disease, simply a strong
tendency toward nervous prostration.
Drugs were ineffective, walking was
exhausting. Ordinary "gymnastics,
such as are usually practiced in
schools for girls, did not seem to do
any good.
More in a joke than anything else
the younfr lady called at the studio of
a professional athlete and informed
him that she wanted to be a "strong
woman." It did not look very prom
ising, as she was slight, weighing less
than ninety pounds, and was weak and
ill. Bat there is nothing this athlete
will not try, and so he put her through
his twenty-five different sets of dumb
bell exercises with the lightest bells,
adding to their weight as her strength
increased, until she could swing five
pound bells with perfect ease.
Taking a set of bells home, she be
gan exercising before breakfast, and
soon found the work delightful and
easy; her appetite increased and she
began to long to do greater feats. For
variety's sake her instructor allowed
her to learn several weight lifting ex
ercises, and found to his astonishment
that she could actually do tham, and
do them gracefully and' firmly. From
one feat to another she went, until
now she has mastered every sort of a
strong woman feat, and her teacher
himself gazes on her with astonish
ment. The young lady has a most
wonderful back, and the muscular de
velopment of the entire body comes
to its support. One of her tricks is
the lifting of a big bar bell from the
floor with one hand, turning it and
holding it high above the head with
out a tremor. This same bar bell she
then places upon the floor and lies
down flat on her back, with the bell
at her head, and raises it with both
hands until it is straight above her
head, then holding it with one hand
only, rises to a sitting and then a
standing position, with the bell high
above her head still. This bar bell
weighs 100 pounds.
Another feat the muscular young
lady does with the same belt in . con
nection with tho "Roman chair." This
chair has a strap across the seat, into
which she slips her feet, then she
leans over the back until her head
rests on the floor, reaches over her
head for the bar, and rises with it to
a standing position on the seat of the
chair, with the bell high over her head,
then descends in the same manner
and lays it on the floor above her head
again. These feats require enormous
strength, as any one can easily ascer
tain by trying them. Some of her
friends belonging to a yacht club have
Vioon i n-poitrlorl Kir b r Virnth ftr fn nmA
( home with him and visit the gymnas
ium on the top floor and try some of
these feats. But with all of their
boasted athletic achievements she
easily outdistances them all.
The Romance of a Woman Philanthropist
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, who some
years ago acquired a national promi
nence as a philanthropist, diod at Lit
tleton, N. H.
Mrs. Thompson was born at Lyndon,
Vt.. February 21, 1821. She was the
daughter of a farmer named Samuel
Howell. When she was nine years
old she became a maid of all work in
the house of a neighbor, receiving
twenty-fiv6 cents a week as wages,
Even under these circumstances she
managed, to educate herself, almost
entirely unaided. She was a very
beautiful weman when, in' 1841, she
made a visit to Boston, and was there
seen by Thomas Thompson, a wealthy
man of the city. He was so impressed
by her appearance and bearing that he
sought her acquaintance, and early in
1844 married her.
Mr. Thompson was a well-known
philanthropist, and much of his in
come was spent for benevolent pur
poses. He died in 1869, and the in
come of the whole of his immense
estate was left to his wife. She fol
lowed her husband's example, con
tributing liberally to all kinds of chari
ties and donating large sums for pur
poses of national interest. Mrs
Thompson spent more than $100,000
in providing openings in business for
men with families, hundreds of busi
ness men now in comfortable circum
stances owing their start in life to her.
She gave $10,000 to pay the expenses
of a commission authorized by Con
gress to investigate the yellow fever.
She founded the town of Long Mont,
at the foot of the Kocky Mountains,
and gave 640 acres of land and $300
to each colonist. F. B. Carpenter's
well-known painting, "Signing of tbe
Emancipation Proclamation by Lin
coln in the Presence of His Cabinet,"
was bought by her and presented to
Congress. In consequence of this the
freedom of the floor of the House was
granted to Mrs. Thompson.
In 1885 Mrs. Thompson gave $25,
000 for the advancement of scientific
research. . She was a strong advocate
of an international republic, and a
journal advocating her views was
started iu England. She was also an
earnest upholder of temperance and
gave large sums to that cause.
Mourning Costumes.
It is not really mourning to wear
white, even during the summer, im
mediately after the death of some re-,
lative. - There should be worn instead
black muslin, black lawn, black rnous-
seline de soie, and all the other thin
materials in dead black. These should
be made without any white trimming
whatever, and; if possible, should be
trimmed only with the same material.
After six months a nuns4 veiling
trimmed with rows of dead-blaok rib
bon or a lustreless crepe de Chine may
be used. This, however, would not
do for a widow; though after six
months it might be worn by a woman
who had lost some near relative . These
crepe de Chine gowns trimmed vtitiz
ruchings of the same,, and with some
black mousseline de soie around the
waist, make very beautiful gowns
gowns, too, that are usually most be
coming. The princess style is very
good in this material, and the mourn
ing effect may be heightened by trim
mings of crape. The crape ana crepe
de Chine, -eddly enough, are very
effective together; it might be sup
posed that the two materials have so
much in common that they would not
look well together, but such is cot the
case. There are some dead-black
mourning silks that are very good,
light in texture, and of so dead a black,
that they look well with the crape
veil. Harper's Bazar.
The Feminine Conscience.
There has been no time since the in
vention of letters when man has not
made it his duty to expose and de
plore the lack of conscience in woman.
It is a familiar topic in all literature,
in all ages and in all nations, and
special attention has been directed to
the vproofs of woman's lower moral
tone as evidenced by her untruthful
ness in statement and her dishonesty
in money matters.
And yet how hard it is at times to
reconcile our most firmly established
theories with actual facts 1 What be
comes of the theory under notice when
confronted with the fact reported from
Chicago last week that two women in
that city, Mrs. Cyrus McCormick and
her daughter, Mrs. Emmons Blaine
(let their names be held in honor!),
believing that they had each more
than a million dollars' worth of tax
able personal property, voluntarily
reported this circumstance to the as
sessors and had their names placed
on the tax-books as liable for their
proper taxation. To call such an
illustration of honesty unusual or un
precedented does not do it justice. Is
it not absolutely unique and- wholly
beyond the range and scope of the
masculine conscience?
Would it not be well to revise our
estimate of woman in respect of her
conscience until we are able to quote
an instance of the censorious Bex
emulating the example of these two
good American women in Chicago?
Editorial inJf ew York World.
Laurels For a Woman Telegrapher.
Miss Elizabeth Cugley, probably
the oldest woman telegrapher in the
world in the point of service, has
abandoned the key and will hereafter
superintend the force of seven opera
tors at Union Station, Harrisburg, in
which office she has received messages
for forty-five years. Her health has
been somewhat impaired of late, and
in recognition of long and faithful
service the promotion was made.
Miss Cugley began her career a3 a
telegraph operator in Lewiston, her
home, forty-five years ago, and she
received the message calling out the
Logan Guards at the place inresponee
to President Linooln's first call for
volunteers at the outbreak of the Civil
War. Philadelphia Pre ss.
Long Lace Mittens.
Women with thin or red arms will
welcome the new." that tbe long lace
mitten is the grand chic thing for full
dress, and the elbow mitten also of
lace the newest thing for afternoon
gowns made with elbow sleeves.
These mittens, when worn with a cere
monious evening gown, are longer
than the longest gloves, running quite
to the under arm seam and joined to
the shoulder with short jeweled chains.
There is a hole for the thumb, which
serves to hold them in place about the
wrist and hand. They are shaped like
the silk mitts worn eight and ten
years, but fit -nore perfectly, as they
are made to order. They afford a
most delightful chance to show off
one's handsome rings. .
Gleanings From the Shops.
Much garniture composed of beads,
spangles, crystals and jewels inter
mingled. Hand-painted gauzes andmousslines
de soie for evening gown in exquisite
floral designs.
Light blue sunshades with lacquered
sticks to match with large empire bow
on the handle.
Go wr.s of mauve crepe trimmed with
a deep fringe of steel headings and
motifs of real lace.
Detachable fronts made of all light
silk and washable materials trimmed
profusely with lace.
New assortments of safety bar and
circular pins for the hair studded with
semi-precious stones.
Much brown chiffon veiling with
small chenille spots as well as differ
ent white varieties with and without
dots. .
Small- mantles in various forma
fashioned from the same material ol
which the 'gown is made simply oi
elaborately trimmed. . -
Long stoles, cut like a circular cape
in the back, of ecru guipure lined
with white satin and trimmed with
black velvet ribbon bows.
Many costumes showing panels,
guimpe3, tunics, revere and othei
trimming features composed of white
satin overlaid with cream lace in lighl
and medium weaves. .
Women's kimona dressing sacques
made of white or light-colored lawns
trimmed in contrast with loose flow
ing sleeves and low collar for warm
weather, negligee wear. Dry Goodtl
Economist.
MAXIMS MADE MILLIONS.
(AMERICAN MAGNATES TELL HOW
.THEY HAVE WON FORTUNES.
Russell Sage, - C. P. , Huntington, Mrs.
Hetty Green and John D. Rockefeller
Reveal the ! Rules of Conduct on
Which Their Lives Are Based.
The Saturday Evening Post, the
unique and popular paper which Mr.
Curtis, of the Ladies' Home Journal,
is now conducting, publishes the fol
lowing remarkable article made up of
sontributions from the leading finan
ciers in the United States:
formulas Worth Twenty Millions Each.
Russell Sage, the dean of American
financiers, set out in pursuit of his
present $100,000,000 as an errand boy
in a - country grocery store. - His
maxims are these: :
1. Be temperate and you will be
happy.
2. Plain food, an easy mind and
Bound sleep make a man young at
eighty-three. .
3. Opportunities are disgusted with
men who don t recognize them.
4. Despair is the forerunner of
failure. Next to a fat purse is a "stiff
upper lip.
5. When a man "loses his head" he
mustn't complain about the other fel
low taking an advantage. Keep cool
lud freeze out the enemy.
A Millionaire Who Never Borrows.
Mr. Charles Broadway Eouss, who
is worth $6,000,000, and who began
bis business career as a clerk in a
small store, suggests the following
seven maxims as embracing the essen
tials of a successful business career.
1. The dignity of labor is the great
est of all dignities; the genius of work
is the greatest of all geniuses.
2. Industry, integrity, economy and
promptness are cardinal requisites to
certain and honorable success.
3. Merit is the trade mark .of suc
cess: quality the true test of value.
4. Success is not in time, place or
circumstance, but in the man.
5. Credit and partnerships are the
scourge of commercial history and the
bane of commercial experience.
6. Beware of the gifts of the Greeks;
they allure that they may destroy;
credit is tempting, but ruin surely
follows in its path.
7. Burn the ledger and learn to say
No; this is best for both buyer and
seller.
Some Tools For Making Millions.
Henry Clews began life as a mes
senger boy in an English woolen fao
tory. He is now worth $8,000,000,
and attributes his rise in life to his
belief in these simple mottoes: .
1. It requires other things than am
bition to become a millionaire; making
everything count for something is one
of the other things.
2. Sobriety, honesty and industry
are the three graces of a successful
business career.
3. Save without parsimony; spend
without lavishness.
4. Sound health, a clear head, wise
economy and work, work, work will
declare big dividends for any one who
looks well after the original invest
ment. 5. Shun wild speculations, and be
satisfied with slow but sure returns
for money invested.
Work Makes Wealth and Gooduess.
. Darius O. Mills, financier and
philanthropist, started on his road to
fortune with nothing but a good
physique and a large determination.
He is now worth $25,000,000, and he
has acquired that amount of money by
observing these rules:
1. Work develops all the good there
is in a man; idleness all the evil;
therefore work if you would be good
and successful.
2. Sleep eight hours, work twelve,
and pick your recreations with an eye
to their good results.
3. Save oue dollar out of every five
you earn. ' It is not alone the mere
saving of money that counts; it is the
intellectual and moral discipline the
saving habit enf orces.
4. Be humble, not servile or undig
nified, but respectful in the presence
of euperior knowledge, position or ex
perience. 5. Most projects fail owing to poor
business management, and that means
a poor man at the helm.
6. Success is measured by the good
one does, not by the number of his
millions or the extent of his power.
'
Some Practical Pessimisms.
Joseph Downey, one of the wealth
iest contractors in Chicago, takes a
pessimistic view of every business
venture. He says that he is always
expecting the worst to happen, and is
agreeably surprised when the reverse
occurs. To his intimate friends he
often gives these terse bits of advice:
1. l ever figure what your profits
are going to be. - , ' .
2. Calculate what your possible
losses will be on a venture.
3. Figure what the lowest return
will be in a business proposition with
all things unfavorable. If matters
turn out favorably you can stand the
prosperity that follows.
4. Buy all the property that you
can, but never build to suit yourself.
Construct buildings to please ethers
and they will sell.
In Praise of the StilJ Tongue.
Collis IV Huntington laid the
foundation of his fortune, of 50,000,
000 by peddling hardware in Cali
fornia during the feverish days of
1847. His business maxims are:
1. Don't talk too mash during busi
ness hours.
2. Listen attentively; answer cau
tiously; decide quickly.
3. Do what you think is right and
stand bj your own judgment.
4. Teach others, by your conduct
to trus you implioitly. , ,
5. Never let youv competitors tno
what your next move will be; time
enough to talk after you have acted. '
6. Have a definite aim, and keep
your eye on the objective point.
7. Be bold with caution, prudec
with boldness.
Mrs. Hetty Green'c Recipe For a Fortune. .
Mrs. Hetty Green is the wealthiest
woman in the world. Without capital,
friends or influence she has built up a
fortune estimated at $60,000,000. The
maxims governing her business life
she has formulated as follows:
1. Invest in real estate; buy a house
for $5000 that can bo soon sold for
$6000. :
2. Be satisfied with a profit the
proportion of which corresponds with
the size of the investment.
3. Women are seldom successful in
commercial undertakings because they
do not appreciate the importance of
minding their own (business.
4. Imitation may be the sincerest
flattery,,but the good of it all lies with
the things imitated. Success is a
stranger to imitation. People with
money to invest should pay no atten
tion to the doings of others, but look
on things from their own point of
view.
5. The goal of success is not always
reached by the roughest road; the
path is an easy one to find. That is
why so many people miss it.
Wherein Millionaires Differ From Poets.
George G. Williams, President of
the Chemical National Bank of New.. ..
York, who vis worth $5,000,000, has
worked his way from a clerkship to
the head of one of the soundest finan
cial institutions iu the country by
conduct founded upon the principles
in his five favorite dictums:
1. There is no royal .road to suc
cess. Work is the keynote.
2. Learn to do one thing well and ..
do it thoroughly.
3. Ambition and common sense will
win success for any one along legiti
mate lines.
4. The really successful man is
made, not born.
5. Determination is the lever of the
great machine of life.
v
Practice Economy; Avoid Extravagance
Mr. D. K. Parsons, millionaire,
philanthropist and patron of colleges,
says that the rules of life oan be
summed up as follows:
1. Practice steady economy. Do
not spend until you have it to spend.
Be strictly honest and never take ad
vantage of men. Avoid show and ex
travagance. Use your money to edu
cate the poor.
2. Be your own executive. - Trust
no man to administer upon your estate.
You cannot carry out of this world any
amount with .your .dead .hands. There-.
is no use for money bevond the grave. '
"
Entrapping Opportunity With Capital.
Jacob Franks, who is reputed to be .
worth $2,000,000, went into business
in Chicago, wheu nineteen years of
age, with the determination to follow
the ru'e save money. His formula
to-day is:
1. Good fortune cannot come un
less you are provided with capital
with which to seize opportunity when ;
it appears.
2. Save money and be ready to in
vest. 3. Never borrow capital, acd never
owe a dollar that you cannot pay on
demand.
Four Laws For a Lawyer.
A. S. Trude, one of the wealthiest
attorneys in the West, has long fol
lowed these rules:
1. Get the confidence of clients and
keep it. Such confidence is accumu
lated capital.
2. Form a morganatic alliance with
clients. .
3. Buy during panics when others
are frightened and expecting the bot
tom to drop out of securities.
4. When the storm is raging and
forked lightning appears in the finan
cial sky, invest in property that
others fear will be injured.
. ; 1 '.
Mr. Rockefeller Dreads Debt.
John D. Rockefeller, the 'Oil
King," whose wealth touches the
$125,000,000 mark, won his first start
in a business way by working on a
New York farm twelve hours out of
the twenty-four for twenty-five cents a
day.' He has earned his position as a
multi-millionaire by adhering to the
principles of the following maxims :
1. It should be every man's duty to
get all the money he can, keep all he
can and give away all he can.
2. Buy only what can be paid for,
and look upon debt as an ogre that
first paralyzes and then kills.
3. Live within your ; means, and
don't think too much of your neigh
bor's good fortune.
4. Keep a record of all expendi
tures and receipts so that at the end
of each year you can tell whether you
are saving enough money to provide
against the inevitable rainy day. Any
one can make money; few can save it.
- 5. Live as though every act of
yours was under the scrutiny of your
bitterest enemy. ;
x A Tery Busy Preacher.
'The Ptev. Dr. Frank Gunsaulus,
pastor of the Central Church, Chi
cago, is not altogether unoccupied.
In addition to'his ministerial duties,
Dr. Gunsaulus finds time to act as
President of the Armour Institute of
Technology and to lecture, -write,
novels, biographies and poems. In
the course of a single day he will '
prepare a cernion, oversee the insti
tute work, write a chapter in a new
book, and in tbe evening deliver a
lecture. He works with refreshing
case, and is always ready for a joke
or story in a spare moment.
hymn-book once used by Genefal
Gerdon has been sold for $150 for
the benefit of Gu.eril Kitchener'
college fund -'.; - '. .