Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-02-24
Geueral Sutelltsente.
A SHORT CHAPTER ON LUCK.
Joseph Hume-Henry Baring-Vis-
countess BeRc cOns1leld-LOrd Has
tings-Mr. Graham, etc

tings-Mr. Graham, etc
There is a man in the West of England
the stor is well known there-who took q
thousand shares i'll mine, and never had
to pay more than pound apiece for them
and on those shares he lived sumptuously,
and out oil the Income of those shares he
bought an estate for hundred thousand
pounds, and, finally, he sold those shares
for half million OF money. There is a
man in Berkshire who has got rark with
q walled frontage OF seven miles, and he
tells OF beautiful little operation which
made nice little addition to his fortune.
He was in Australia when the first discover
les of gold were made, The miners brought
in their nuggets, and took them to the local
ranks The bankers were little nervous
about the business, uncertain about the
quality of the gold, and waiting to see its
character established This man had a
taste for natural sciences, and knew some
thing about metpllurgy He tried each
test, solid and fluid, satisfied himself of
the quality OF the gold, and then, with all
the money he had, or could borrow, he
bought as much gold as might be, and
showed profit of hundred thousand
poun DIS in the course Of a day or two. 1t
Is to be observed here that what we call
luck is resolvable very often into what is
really observation and knowledge, and a
happy fact in applying them when sud-
den opportunity arises. The late Joseph
Hume was happy instance of this. He
went out to India, and while he was still a
young man he accumulated considerable
fortune. He saw that hardly any about
him knew the native languages, so he ap-
piled himself to the hard work of master
Ing them, and turned the knowledge to
most profitable acc unit On one occasion,
when all the gunpowder had failed the Bri-
tish army, he succeeded in scraping to-
gether large amount of the necessary
materials and manufactured it for British
troops: VIII n he returned to England he
canvassed with so much ability and earn
estness for seat in the East India Dlrec-
torate, that he might carry out is scheme
of reform, that though he failed to get tie
vote of a certain large proprietor OF stock,
he won his dau hter's heart, and made a
prosperous marriage All! marriage IS,
after ALL the luckiest bit of luck when it is
all it should be. When Henry Barring, the
late Lord Ashburton, travelled in America
not merely dlettdRte travelling, but like
Lord Milton in our days, piercing into un-
Travelled wilds, meeting only a stray, en-
thusiastic naturalist, like Audubon-he
made his marriage with Miss Bingham, and
so consolidated the American business of
the great house of Barring. In an interna-
tional point Of view this was happy mar
riage, for in after years it gave him a pecu-
liar facility for concluding the great Ash
burton treaty We have Just seen with
universal satisfaction great lady added to
the peerag of Great Britain. Mr.. Disraell
dedicated one Of his works to the "ssverest
OF critics, but perfect WIFE and at the
Edinburgh banquet he told his guests how
much he owed to his matchless wife It
is no secret how much OF his fortunes he
owed to her help, and how greatly he ben
eftted by her sympathy and wisdom. The
husband whom she so helped in his youth
full struggles for fortune has in return made
her a peeress, and we all wish happiness
and long life to the Viscountess Beacons
field. So lucky has Mr.. Disraeli been in
his wife, that it is hardly worth while al
luding TO the minor and subordinate cir
cumstance that an old lady, stranger,
some years ago left him legacy of 10000
40, 900 pounds, through admiration of his
public character
Yet it is hard to know when man is
lucky or when unlucky. If man is going
to lose a fortune in gambling, he generally
has some strokes Of luck at the commence
ment. If poor Lord Hastings had not
made these lucky hits when he first went
on the turf perhaps he would not have
verified the family motto in new sad sense
and scattered his arrows" 80 freely. What
world Of meaning there is in the Spdrsi-
mus tetd motto of the extinct house OF Has
tings. 0, hollow glades and bowery love-
liness OF Castle Doningtonl what weird,
sad whispers will next seem TO sound for
me when may revisit those old ancestral
haunts! There is a very distinguished no |
bleman who first tried his luck at sea be- |
fore he b came what men Mt sea call a land |
shark. When young Thesiger gave up the
trade OF midshipman dare say some kind
friends pronounced him q failure, but no
one would say that of Lord Chancellor
Chelmsford. There was another man who
became British peer through circumstan-
ces full of luck for the country, but which |
he doubtless considered of direst unluck to
himself Aquiet happy country gentle
man was Mr.. Graham, with abundant means
ohu heulIhiui thotSp, uhuuhOlle ebUhJb
and handsome wife. There is tale of
his prowess related about his wife They
were at Edinburgh, and were going to
great ball, when, to her infinite annoy
ance, she found that she had left her Jewel |
case behind her. The distance was 60 or 70 |
miles, and 1t was not many hours before
the ball was 10 come off Graham took a
feet horse and at the top Of his speed road
away homewards in search of the jewel
he did his ride of $50 miles in marvellous
short time, and the ornaments were in time
for the ball. When the wife, for whose
comfort and pleasure he had so chivalrous-
ly acted, died, Mr.. Graham was inconsol-
able. To alleviate his deep seated melan-
choly he joined the army az a volunteer. -
Then commenced his splendid career as a
soldier, in which he proved himself one of
the most efficient and gallant OF Yelling
.on's lieutenants and fought bis way to
pension and peernge. Such was the turn
ng point in the history Of the late Lord
Michael Kaufman, a German barber Of
ahOt little how named EdWa rd