Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-19

Lecture ~ p. r. Darnuns ~ Cal-
cage. Oct. l1ah. 1eoo.

Lecture ~ re y . A0600ns ~ O01s
cage. Oct. 1sah. 1eoo.
Mr.. Barnum presumed that the subject Of
his lecture had engaged the attention OF MI
still no Il listed to be able to throw out . few
ideas which may be new even TO the people
Of the thrifty city Of Chicago. II might be
said that his lecture had sorcid end, being
confined chieiiy TO the art Of making money,
but that did not detract from the popularity
of the theme. For ages people had been
celebi a,ed by the love OF money. Poems
had been written and sermons preached, TO
show that il is the root Of all evil, and coin
,dies have been written to satirize the art
o. getting it still man determined to work
early and late IN the pursuit Of wealth. Ask
the poet Il he would sing 40 swectly the
fashionable physician IL he would pursue his
Isbors 90 ensrgstically or the advo late his
defense of injured innocence Is strongly, II
heir labors were not rewarded bv money
Let the people ask ,hemsels es il they were
not thinking and struggling for wealth. 10
this relation, he remembered the reply Of .
millionaire friend Of his in New York, TO IN
acquaintance Who hadsrepsated to him all
the sage objections 10 money getting that
have been raised since King Solomon IAN
this may tie very true. but have been poor
md nov am rich, cad certainly prefer to
he rich" Cheers and laughter.
After oil that could be said, continued
the speaker, regarding the evils Of svsrice,
IL would generally be found to he the case
that the money getting men were the best
friends 10 humsnity. Certainly nisers ex>
is,. bu. a An exception to the rule /; and
people NAV congratulate Themselves upon
the idea that when they see . man who 10
graspi1g together money without doing any
good n any one, they can remember that o.
IN this country there il no law Of entail, -
that some day the old fellow will have pass
ed away, aud his money will pass to hts
heirs, who will scatter Il pretty widely.
IL was 70 different class ne trusted that
his audience belonged. The art Of getting
money is easy, especially in this country F;
the difficulty ia in keeping It when earned.
The mistake Of some people is that they be-
lieve that economy Is saving candle ends or
cutting OF the servants wages twenty live
cents month. or some other little mean
thing. Such people are considered mean,
and not economical. Other people believe
that economy runs in one direction. at least
their actions show that much, for while
they save few cents . month by trivial &c.
tons they sp nd $40 or $40 once or twice q
month on rats. mice, waterfalls, or poodles
Laughter This was not economy. Econ
omy vas geasral, and chiefly sought tc
cause the expenditures to come within thu
income The other kind as, in the words
OF Punch, like q man who bought . penny
herring for his dinner and hired . coacl
and four TO send il home in. In commencing
the practice Of economy his hearers sho'd pu
down every cent they spend under two heads
the one, necessities; the other, 'lu1uries -ar,
when they post the columns let them 90
which OF the tw is the most formidable. =
The great trouble il, t"at the majority Q
the people Who might be independent
il economical, by attempting to follow tn
habits Of the wealthy minority always kee
themselves in the dust.
A for another class of the community
those who have bad habits, and muddl
their brains by drinking or other expensive
vices, the speaker would sey nothing; suc
: men could not succeed in life until they n
formed their actions.
Tho first thing which should be studio
in the life of young inan should be the se
lection Of the business or avocati0n to whic
his natural talent or ability seem adapted
To place man in . business for which
Is not suited, will be to keep him Away
poor. In every profession in life it will b
seen that some ,nen have mistaken their vl
cation. The learned black smith should hav
been n philosopher Will, many philoso
piers and clcrgymen should have bee
blacksmiths.
But even when the right vocation is cho
sen, man may not always succeed. TIL
reasons for this are numerous. For exampl.
u man should not locate his business whcr
there is not room for hun, nor should he Z
where there is too much competition; an,
men must be careful rot only to select III
right vocation, but the right location. :
Young men startin, in life should never RI
in debt. "Pay as you 20" 10 nearer the phi
losophcr's stone tf,nn any alchemist has y,
discovered. Young men starting in life ar
too art to think that they can eat and drin
and wear TO day what they propose to Pc
fer TO morrow Such will find that cac
to morrow has it's wants, and that they NJ
continually working for dead horse, whic
will prove improbable. IL is better to wcs
patched clothes than ones not paid for an
n man is more honorable and far wiser ,
wear and turn his old coat until he can a
ford to pay for ncw one
Money. like fire, is very good servan
but very bad master. The young ma
who is always running in debt will 6nd tbs
he is the slave Of money. Let him but r.
verse the PIC ure and he Will Rnd thl
money is The beat and most faithful servas
in the world Money, by constantly increai
ing by in,erest, will work seven days . zee
all the year round, What other servar
will do this
Men must first lay down their plans, On
then pcrsevcre IN them. They must not b
,inid or nervous, but must possess cncrg,
go ahead,tiveness." or as is said dow
East, Observation-Disclosures" Perseverance
possessed naturally by some. hut all una
mcguire il. and must acquire it If they pro
pose TO succeed. The limid man IA III
golden opportunity. There is n tide4n til
events Of men" a. Shakespeare says, "whic
il taken At the food lcads on to fortune y
II won't do TO b. always hesita,ing and cal
cu!ating without action. A man must d,
, pend upon his own personal cxcrtions, an
) not upon the eyes Of Others. 1t 10 the eye
Of others that frequently ruin us The cy,
= Of an employer are frequently worth more
q him than the hands OF dozen employee
S Every man should understand bis own bui
( iness - thossughly % Culver did his stud
I ofnatusal hleioey. lie studied the scienc
. - closely that when any bone or porto