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Show Tub case of H. P, Hi jyciiinso, the Chicago broker and speculator who is so widely known as "Old Ht.'TCH," furnishes fur-nishes an impressive illustration of tho dangerous character of all speculation partaking of tho gambling character. A few years ago Hi'Tchinson was worth J'-'0. 000,000 and was one of tho rulers of the grain mid provision market. He made his money in the pit, and when fortune turned against him, like the victim of the green cloth, he could not turn away from the scene. Piece by pifce his enormous fortune drifted away and now he is a bankrupt. Less than a year ago he had a million dol-j lars left and his son made an effort to I get him to leave tho floor, but the old j man clung to the mania by which his life had been ruled until all was gone. There are very few who secure fortunes made by gambling speculation, spec-ulation, and the instances iu which such fortunes are kept nre rare in the extreme. Human nature is governed by certain laws which cannot bo safely violated, and a rule is inid down somewhere some-where that restricts success to those who faithfully follow tho main highway along which men are forced to plod. Temporary success may be attained by shorter methods but they lead out upon dangerous paths strewn with pitfalls and precipices that cannot be avoided. |