The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-07-01
RATEs OF ApYERTIsING.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.

pondents Generally. -. - t,
While the Senatorial excursion party
was at Fort Riley, Kansas, tieacorres-
pondent's accompanying the excursion
formed themselves into "Bohemian
Club, j" to make time pass as pleasant as
possible. = .9,..-ra LII .z5zaffa
Several Senators were elected honor
ary members, and also the inimitable
and decidedly original orator, George
Francis Train, was made member.
Mr.. Train was invited to address the
meeting, composed of ladies, Senators
and members OF the Club, which he did,
getting Off one of the best-ahd best
speeches of his life. ,rf ..........
MR.. TRAINS SPEECH. aitaa
Mr.. Train-Knowing how impossible
1t is for men OF genius-nen of pluck
men of great unCleVeloped !powers, like
your honorary member (laughter), to
be eslected President of the United States
without the powerful aid ofthe press
gang tlaughter), and having pledged
office 10 an army of poor relations and
| seedy friends the moment 1 can.get my
hand into the treasury (applause), /
have consented to because an honorary
member of your distinguished corpse
\ cloud laughter). ~ s,l
Gen. Boynton, of Cincinnati Gazene
| Train, you will be the death OF us ii
you continue that way (laughter). TGi
Train-True in this age ofgreenbacks
we may well say, sin the midst of life
iUe are in debt" Qoud laughter). When,
in England, they accused us Of rolling
up great national debt, politely ask
ed what right England had to monopo-
| liZe all the national debt in the world
Quughter). We will have a national
debt one of these days that would make
them ashamed OF themselves loud
laughter aud applause0i Dt-f-s- y
Bohemian CUBS are JjitLnpS--NOu
have done me proud-and when the
| Credit FOncier of America owns as it
will n controlling interest in twenty OF
the leadingjour of fAmerica, know
some talented young men who will np-
Ipreciate the acquaintance of its PreSi-
dent. Cheers - -
| ANA natural Bohemian. II 10
I Painter of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
So are all great men. [Laughter-l
Train-Any sarcastic remarks are out
| of order; what l intended to convey
was that am not an unnatural Bo-
| hemian. In other words drank in
\ Bohemia with my mother's-no, 1 for
| got myself, l was brought up on a bot
tie. loud lHughterf Mr.. Painter is
right, Bohemia is among the mobiles.
! Cayour wns a Bohemian before he be-
! ChUle II bLdltSuluLs ~ WIS sew M nF aO
\ is Bismarck-who in sixty days ac-
complished us much in war and diplo-
| macy as two Napoleons did in sixty
| years. [Applause.1 Verify, that last
| battle was n iSudOipu (sad hour) to
| Austria. (OhI from Whitney ofpthe
Chicago RePubhcGInT7and cries Of put
him out.) James Gordon Bennett COM
4 menced life as Bohemian, and as an
off hand Bohemian writer he has no
| superior to-day. Applause. FE,-r.
1 Raymond made his reputation as n
| Bohemian reporter of Webster's
| speeches and Horace AGreeley's recent
\ broadside to the loyal leaguers, shows
] I(appIause by Tribune reporter.) VIM.
I Cullen Bryant was II Bohemian poet mt
| ten years of age. James Brooks walk
ed through Europe as Bohemian be-
fore establishing the .ELpreSS-so did
| Bayard Taylor before becoming a poet.
Editors are Bohemians of the first
round of the ladder. Bohemia means
brains, genius, enormous industry and
| poor pay (applauSe and that's so from
4 Reynolds of the Kansas JoUITdt.) Why
4 is It your great newspapers will pay a
| thousand dollars for adespatch and be-
grudge a hundred additional to a re-
Porter's salary7 Editors and reporters
are the worst paid for actual labor per-
j formed than any other class of men.
/ (Applause and 'unbounded expressions
OF sympathy from the newspaper men
presently ~
Their motto, should .be-Prolifc in
promises. fruitless in dimes. (Laugh-
Ter and that's so.) iHH g-
/ Yet, Notwithstanding these starvation
| salaries, few newspapers succeed, or
4 rather pay. England has three hund-
red papers, perhaps thirty pay-Ameri-
red make both ends meet. Reporters
make men, but few men appreciate re-
4 porters. NJ. D., in medicine means
money dorm. Not so with newspapers.
Printers can't live on air. (Applause
from the reportorial staff.) The grand
art of success, is advertising. Bonner
tried it and succeeded-sO did Eastman
il-so did Crosby, Gladstone advertises
p his speeches in advance, and Napoleon
is sensation Bohemian writer. ZAP
plause.l 500
Quack doctors, theatrical managers,
and servantgirls have more sense than
business nien-they know the virtue ol
adyertislng. Wells has got $4,000 cir
cnlation for the chronological Journal
by advertising. Look at Helmboldt,
Drake, Jacob Townsend and old Farr.
j Advertising in their cases has made
poison coRStitutiondk. CLaughter.l Com
mercial Colleges are every where, and
jaw Cooke made a national blessing Ito
him) all by advertising Ga Senator, but
to nobody else.) "- 'f "
Joshua Bates, of Barring Bros, wrote
Enoch Train in 1913, with little money
and a good deal of putf1ng you can es'
tablish the Boston and Liverpool pack
etsi HTtH4 ttFt NttEE heiFa. t
I suppose there are lew men who
have been more abused for his virtues,
and praised for his vices, than / have.
Laughter. In fact there are very
lie y that, hkesmyself, have been yirtu-
Gus from their youth upward, [ohi and
laughter, and who intends To sell his
Omaha lands and give TO the poor.
[AppIause from a brilliant lady writer
OF Il great newspaper.l What sneaky
things men will do to get their NAMES
into the papers, aud when in, what
sueaky things men.will do to get out OF
) 1t. f[Laughterl sIf 80 Il iIF 2. e
Physical courage you can buy IN the
army for nineteen dollars a month; but
moral courage is nnpurchaSablea ut any
price. [AppIause.l
Did yoli see that article on yourself
Mr.. Train, the other day Il should
think 1 ought to; l wrote it, [Sensa-
tion. never give anything to charity
without the distinct understanding tt
shall go into the newspapers. tlaugh-
teri and to prevent any mistake.
usually write the paragraph myself
llApplause,l s!s...r-s t-..sE
In former times, when the critics said
my speeches were all r'gas,u replied
''yes'!f' thereby insinuating that they
were both luminous aud -exhilaTating
Loud laughter, EHd 'good.''l
Humility Is cowardice; lOhil assump.
ton is courage. Press men should
strike oqt0ebreaki away, from family
surroundings and good advice frou
friends, (?) and set up business on q
higher salary. Yppfause.I At the
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