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Show HIS FIRST THOUSAND DOLLARS. Kmnrr Hlorr Ilrllorril a Ynunc Mao Nlmulil hprml It In Trutfl. While Luther I.alllu Mills was going through Mime old piper the other day ho found n very Intonating document from the pen of the lamented Kmory A. Stori'H, which U teproducuil below. "I do not know e.xaetly what called foith these intern nces fro'm Mr. Storrs," snld Mr. Mills, 'but I apprehend that thoy were In reply to soma young mati uho wrote tho brilliant lawyer for ad-A ad-A Ice us to tho best way of Inventing a sum of money which he hud in his possession." pos-session." The manuscript Is ns follows: "There arc several answers to your question: "One boy takes his $1,000, spends It cither in foreign travel or In the cultivation culti-vation and improvement of his mind nnd manners at home. At the ago of III, If he is coiulstoiit lu this course, ho has laid the foundation for a long career of usefulness and honor, nnd, whatever at his death his bank account mny be, ho has achieved something for the good of mankind for which tho world will always gratefully remember him. Tho high spirit, the clear head, tho sharp intellectual discrimination between right nnd wrong which travel, culture nnd education huvo glvcu him is n capital as much hotter than bank Block as gold Is better than brass. No vovorscs of fortune can tako It from him. No lluunclal panics can rob him of it. It is his and his children's forever. for-ever. "Tho other boy lays up his (1,000; ho doubles it, he triples it. What of it? What kind of a man Is he at the age of thlrly-ono? The moro monoy-gottcr is tho sorriest spectacle on Go'd's green earth. Leisure is dreadful to him. He loaves nothing behind him but monoy, nnd that his cnlldron waste. Tho glory of this world is not lu corner lots no'r bank stocks. No great man whom tho world to-day roverences is remembered because ho was rich. Tho saddest spectacle on this earth is that of a man dying on his pile of greenbacks, which he cannot carry with him. while his legatees uro counting his coin oven as tlio breath escapes from Ins body. ,"llut suppose that your saving boy loses ids stock; suppose, ns often happens, hap-pens, through no fault of his values aro molted away. Where is ho thon? A bankrupt, hopelessly ami irretrievably irretrieva-bly ruined. "Which shall tho rich man's daughter daugh-ter marry? I answer that tho man of cultured mind nud that broad and liberal spirit which travel and education educa-tion give caros but llttlo nbout it. If tho father desires to sell his daughter, that it is his business and his daughter's. to may fitsrt by, nnrrrlog tho compound-Interest chap in a palace, bit statistics show that in uinoty-nino cases out of one hundred shu will wind up in u hovel. This father of this daughter can take his choice. "Finally.no mcnrecognlzothe worth, value and splendor of strong native na-tive business genius half so much us educated men. Don't dosplso uor underrate it. It will always help you. It will never hurt you. Stocks und cash and corner lots nro well, but thoy are not all that there is of thir world, nor nearly all. Our great men have lived without them and died without with-out thorn, hut tlio world loves them still. Croesus was very rich, but tho generations of 3,000 yours have do-Hpised do-Hpised him. Socrates was wretchedly poor, but for 2,000 years tho world, has loved him. 1'oti buy and soil cnttlo and nro at liberty to do so because of what ho taught 2,000 years ago." Chicago livening Kctos. |
