| Show I FROM i LOG MIN TO THE CABINET 0 I HOW a Boy Without a Dollar or a Frlotid Worked His Way to tho Top of Llfos Laddor j A Ghost With Ft etary Ala Afloat Wit nohoodIIow 11 Wok1 for ThrA 1101 in I Moolh au1 Lulwn To 0 I rare for I lit I rlroot H Dnn Suit Tile borrotary Of JVr a Illro 11001 Skill a 1IIhIow I Uo II dualo Stories At 111 Youth aod 11 Ile l1nolly Made a Iotoo 10 o hol I 101 0 lillrbon llno onend Alger Ih hlo Ing Alen 1 hu Waste lu SucestaThe 1001 lok U th1 111hy on 110 Happy Mae I Wllhlngton D Co Nov 71897 witlooton doubt whether my story I It I worth tho tellng I am certain It Kill Interest few people and thero li I nothing extraordinary In I The speaker WM On Russell A jllgcr secntary of war ex governor of the United States army ono of the larewt lumber dialers of tho country IVe had I been I chilllnt of success In life and I hal urgel him to tell me the tl IcItory I itory of his boyhood saying there nere thousands of poor boys In the i Inttd States who were discouraged It the obstacles which they saw bcfaic I them and that a word from him as toMB to-MB struggles might give them courage I to continue the fight I was sometime I some-time before I could persuade the secretary sec-retary to give me the story He said It was not n public matc and I was 11 I only After my urgltif the above that be went on He aid I doubt whether any boy who Is I Blurting life today has a worse outlook j I out-look than I had I was born In a log 3 cabin In Medina county Ohio My father was a poor pioneer farmer He was ao unlucky man and for some r on or other nothing be touched mme to prosper When he settled I In Ohio the a tate we on almost unbroken un-broken wilderness ire took up a tract of woodland and cleared a portion i por-tion of It I but I he did not do well At sward he had charge ot n woolen 1 mill This did not succeed and ho finally I died when I was about twelve Ire arm old leaving four children and I nOlhlng to support them At times la ISI7 we hd but little to eat and I rmtnbI ono timely period when both lathc and mother were sick for month In I thc at me bed Soon after this met her died and It was not long bcfor father followed Tier to the rr I had 0 Itr who wa olde thin I but thee were two others who ere younger and I wO you know but twelve For a time I worked for a neighbor recelvng three teacups tour a di and this formed the food of the family Me hal 0 cow and olth the in Tilt front this we made what we called thickened milk We bad I remember a little corn In tho home My liter and I shelled a bag of this and I Called It on my lack to a mill nine miles away and there traded I for meal I walked to the mill and back I was eighteen miles but I do not remember that I was worn out hy I the trip IIITO ONT BOY INO GOT HIS BCHOOL A boy ot twelve does not amount to much said I What could you doT doTI 11I I could not do much replied Oen ml Uger but I was head of the 1 family and l felt I must do something First I found homes for 1 younger I brother and sister and then arranged to n tk for my boar and clothes and for three months schooling during the I t Inter I dId this until I was fourteen ohel my aide sister died I then I thought I ought to be worth more and hire out to a farmer utin paid me 1 I 0 month for the Ort month 1010 for I the second and 15 for the next four months The next year lie gave me I a month the next 16 the third S3 the fourth 110 the fifth 112 and the It offs and seventh yearn lo a month 15 There were gnat wages II tho me day for farm hands We had no eoper or mower then and all work was done by hind All of this time the secretary con I tilled I went to school a part ot the rer I got the Idea when I we wy Young that I must haw an education I I expected to do anything In the orld Ro ale 0 time I worked only six month of each year and went to Bchoool the other six While at hOI I worked for my board morn lag evenings anti Saturdays Ie IMraler I worked one winter In a blacksmiths shop where I used the flammer and acted as a helper I gr very rapidly and wlien I was till a > oung boy I could do the work Ma mal At nlnetecen I was six feet till and weighed ICO pounds SECICTAJY ALoril AS A PARM HAND Then you spent your vacations on a farm lleneral Alger sold 1 I < tr I hired out It I have said for toll of each year to a farmer and kept this lp seven Years That was my only vacation I have n little account I ftk I home which contains all the laments which my employer mado rne He charged me for every hour I lost t d oc working days and Plan for Hhllg he gave m a out tile of my meals I remember once I had two tor r m Miters stolen while I was at a mill getting some grinding done I was harged twelve shillings I for them and hli was deducted from my wages Of I g oiIan ar long ago one of my boys came Into J > y Allies I at Dettolt with a bill l for n gross rto The bill I amounted I think 10 j 70 As I pal l 1 It I told him how I had worked for two years when n boy for l ts than what he had paid for One Bow Dut general these wages seem to I lery low Were you n good work nyrbl8ou receive an much as the avcag hand 7 rathes The > secretary curiously of for war a moment looked at and me then Paid I WI considered a very t ° oa hand Physical I was very I wong i remember t atth was a country lore ln I the IHiro of Illch 11111 1 tnt At iv ithere I was treating school I the back of the store there was a room One 010 our Which I amuseme octal Iron was stored Ing JpuM 1111ch take boy n coull board liftdThewinastsWe o tm two feet Jilt by two and one half long and lay Ira across a allies box W e would pile to upon the board until we had no alch Ind h we thought a man tould lIft then one or us o lit bend over rth catchIng I held of flouOpposite ends I lit the board try to raise it I could I more than any of my felloms and Jnrote I aloe at times lifted COO Pounds fit I nit WaY I remember that I could m Ore faster Irhm a with a scythe than anY it e knew but this was more Joe to Ili k than to strength It utis all lit n him rlng 01 the scythe on the BECniTARY NEWBPAPLR ALOPRS NOTICE FIRST T nmtmbtr bald Secretary Alter 1 a smile wept around th corners 01 hIs es hen I frt I saw my name In the esven I vioawin a decrlp ton ot IlY kl as 1 hay pitcher There am i 1 test 1 one day as to ho could unland hay the To I eat and I aB one 01 tho crack pitchers The hay was hauled Into a horn on a gon I had to lo Itched f n in the wagon over the big 1 bourn I I stipulated that them should be two men to keep the hay back from the beam and went to i oIl I unloaded a ton of hay In less han five minutes This was considered con-sidered quite a feat nnd a description ot > I was Published In the Cleveland am 11111 I can remember today bow delighted I wo ulien I aw my name there LAW AND Lujinnn What did you do after leaving school general I asked I taught school for two winters re piled enelal tiger Ale that ro i went Into the olllce of Uolcott Upon Up-on at kron Ohio to study law I had 1 to borrow money to keep me vv hlle I wo studying After I was admitted to the bar I went Into the law office 01 Otis Comnbery Wymant Cl Clevlond and soon earned enough tu lay my debts I found that the eon < floe ment ot the low wo Injuring my health nnd I looked around for something thing else 1 to do I had heard of the profits that were to lo I nude in the lumber business In Michigan and concluded con-cluded to go there to try my fortune A oung man namel oddarl went < with me Ue lorrowed II000 and started In the lumhe I I business In I Jeer of lapld a under the nmo 01 Alger S Goddard Our business wa to bur lumber and ship It to Chicago SO U BUSINESS TROUBLE At this Point General Alger stopped a moment Ic bB you know md 0 large fortune In lumber nnd I thought that from this time on the story ot file career mould he one 01 prosperity I said I suppose you made a good de1 ot money tn Your lumber business general No I did not was the reply At least not at that time Ue did well at Ort anl soon built up such a good tiade that I thought my prospects veto good enough to alow I me to marry I hd fallen In love with one 01 the young gills of Grand Rapids The lady was willing and the wedding took place W c weit east on our wedding tIp I taking for exicnsen 1110 which I got by a draft on the Chicago Item with vvhlch we were dealing When I returned I found that our Chicago firm had failed and that draft had tuled my dll gone to protest This was In April 1SC1 I aw at once that our firm wa ruined hy I the failure and I was In desperate straights I had ordered furniture In Cleveland for the two rooms In which we ere to begin our married life old know that the bi would be along In 0 tw days All 1 I hd left wo it gold watCh A hlcb I bd taken In trade I went In the banker who held my draft told 1 him how I was situated and asked him to hold the gold match as security until the time come when I could pay illm Ho refused to receive It but I I left It on hI is counte nnd went aay The I next mining that banker failed A list of his assets was published one among them the Item ot a drat ot Alger Olla < secured by a gold watch and chain This announced the f lure to the people of Grand Rapids I cannot tell you how badly I felt that dar I remember bow I went Into one 01 the hotels where 0 lot ot men Nero talking when one of the rich men of the town n mn named Mills all tome to-me 1 see young lon that you have got your nom II the paper and that you have lost jour gold watch arid chain The words weie uttered In a sneering tone They cut me to the heart I could have sunk through the floor hut I said I know that Mr Mills I gave the banker I my watch because be-cause I could not py my debt and It there Is I tiny one here to whom I owe money I nm willing to give him anj thing I have ns security I I owe you n cent And you NNnnt my coat to lot < until I can lay you I will toke toff and give It to you My deep feeling must have bn 1 expressed In my tones for us I said this the tears mine Into Mills eyes He saw that failure was a serious thing with me and sail No young man If Jou Avoca me anything I am ue YOU would Tiny It I beg jour pardon for taunting you of your loss Well this failure burste 1 our company My fur tit I ore denier toll me that I could keep the furniture anti I pay him vvlun I coull Jut About this time the war broke out I raised a company anti I wn ch open coptoln When I come out of tho army I found that I hal saved enough to h I e able to pay m > debs and Hint Mrs Alger had put aside five hundred dollars In bond out of the money I had sent ham A FORTUNE IN PINE Ilut general 1 I thought Your for tune was made out 01 to At her Y isThnris I true lo a large extent replied Gen Alge The moat ot the money I have male has been In tin lumber business hut 1 my success did not come until later on When I came out of tile army my first investment waR In a I rick making concern In Fle trolt I lost In this hut while running II I lad rut a little money 10 0 small vesitel The vessel rall for Itself In Iton than a year I made other Investments Invest-ments In lake vessels anti 1 Point had quite st little capital Tie Idea > that > qui thee I ltc earlal the lumber bus ncs stuck to me anti I Induced two capitalists named Moore to put In some money with me to holy Pine lands They were In fact to f urn ah the capItal cap-Ital and 1 wag W have on thlrd of the prom for Menacing the business The Ort year I Ought SOOOO worth ofheimberyewrnIklngT60hmnes ot timber walking 1M Mile through tmhr tho wood with a pock on my lock to select the timber I 11 ked out 0 place for a logging camp anti 1 spent that logglnl for the winter In getting the loss out winte market I getlnl Mrs Aimer and my oldest hlfdI voho war then With me Into tho wood We drove a distance ot one woO miles In 0 sleigh to the cn mie that winter was home still our n camp a little al log Cabin I dont know that I have 1 had ever thirtyIlVr enjoyld I It men uInter untler Po much me and To it 1 to got up at 5 clock every morning did ing g effort oa WOOL IOr Alger croaking anti we were happy her Awn nil winter I lorg gI Only got out a oJrl Of loors horsed fOet 0 facileness lion Bell 0 durifir quarter that winter The nershirs apse I tteM loore I hall formed face the in which coPArt I Mr Moore doing halt b1 0 Interest than furnislottic I the credit little more That year wellOt out about mov e n mill 101 I feet 01 local which wo sold anti the next year fifteen million tt and from that time our lumber operato have bon In quite Inrg e Ooueo Mr Moor dIed soon ate old Ith I a onto other gentlemen we formed our present concern of Alge Smith Co We have for yeals Bold as much 08 also hendred and fifty Illlon feet 01 i TOM he n yea lur fluidness omountng to something lke I I 1225000 1 Year ALOLRS 11LST IUM11LR INVEST AIM T W hat Is I the best Investment you er mode In lumber General Ilo On of the best things we ever did said General Alger was In tho buying of a tract of line from had William I Dear ot New lork I hal examined the poperty amI eouhl I tell to a tew thouoml feet Jut how much nine there was in I Mr r Dodge had tinA tin-A gent named Frost In Detroi I wnl to him a I ill 1 asked hIm NZ int ho would take for the land Ile replied that Mr Dodge want ed3120009 for e I told him t telle kr oph nn offer tom me ot 1100 le 1 did BO In 1 tw hour a tlgrom came till ck which mad Tell GCIral Alrc he can have tile tract for Sno000 on1 nU the time he wnt a to ror f tInt It In II he mill tk It now t-Int thai If It Is I not taken ot once the Toiler will be 130000 We tok II WI we cut one hundred million feet of lumber till that tract and old It for l ooo > ohovc the rapt 01 lumberirg At Another time we male n nice little investment I ly buying some canll land 01 New York men There wee 1COO acres In I the tracts Bad the cnol company had sllmnled that theo wee 10001000 feet ot Pin e on them I rxitifiltied the leads still when the mn Asked me anl 1oro nn acre for It I accepted hH proposition Tho pine was of high grade and we cut 78000000 feet off of I I TIM Aor OF srrn Is there much lon to bo mad In pine lan today general Not so much ns In the past gold I General Alger The pine of Michigan Alie and Wisconsin have hn Pretty el I thinned out and that hlch In I left is I valued nt About what It Is I worth I doubt not that them are ole Iool chances In the Southern States an1 I along the Pacifc ot but the high freight rates across the continent prevent I pre-vent the very general use ot laclOo lumh r here Canada has game lumber lum-ber but It Is I not on good ns Michigan pin be llfs wood li I not uied so much now ns It has beenln the past The age we live In In I one ot Iran arid tel rather than od I null lings arc now being made ot steel fences are made 01 wire and Ion ha taken the place 01 wool In a great variety 01 thing TIC SECRETS OF SUCCESS Jut one word more general said I as the secretary of wa roe Wont you give me 0 otl 01 advice for the Voting men of today Can you not In a few words say what constitutes the elemenl of success I I believe I that success In life depends largely upon the man replied General Alger I think that will lower has a treat deal to do with It I ono do Chloe that ho 1 will succeed b Is I pretty sire to do so provided he devotes all his energies to It I Is I the man who goes ahead colon never knon that he I whipped whro new loe Confidence in himself who succeeds Success Is the result of filled work And sticking to It My rule nr to 1 the thing lat In I before me And to do It no well I I can There are several things however how-ever I wouldY A man should doa do-a lip names And tits word should 01 Wills he Am gOOd ao bin bond Ivev mn should live within big Income and stints ill try to Be scarsething Ire should remember that 0 oueeolut leI Is le-I not a hate but It Is I 1 long com Ionian and that the content must be kept up for year Tim Hrrr wOI < n VS I THE WCATln 10AFcn Thee Ill I one thing that ought to bo Bald cancel nln the hardships of the laborer la-borer concluded General AIer 11 know all about I for n ono ever worked longer hours Tier troy and In less easy places than I Hard work Is as essential to happiness O exercise In I to ph steal growth old physical effort ef-fort In nothing complrd to mental labor la-bor In Its wear or tear upon the man or woman Tile Pleasure at accumula often Is I In the battle for It with Its excitement And not In the possession of It You seldom see a man who gives himself up to the so called enjoyment o his wealth by spending It A man thrives physically and mlritally upon effort and occupation Whn he hand < < gotten through and Pays he has On Ihd tits labor he I usually taken at his word and soon to the cemetery I have no paten with the false Idea 01 eUem sympathy for the toiler 10 hor to I lon bt estate It In I the being ory mouth that grumbles with a just cousenn otberand the happiest life Is the buy one FRANK O CAIUENTLn |
