The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-08-15
Poverty and Ambition.

Under this heading we find in the
New York Daily News All article in
regard to one Of the dearest friends we
have IN the world-a man with whom
we have spent many u pleasant mo
ment, and whose kindness to some OF
the soldiers in our (Col. Turncy's)
First Tennessee regiment at Winchcs-
ter, Va, we can never forget. We
have heretofore spoken Of G. B. Rouss
in the Home journal, and last summer
when we met him ia New York city
we found him just the same in heart,
though "Iimc the tomb builder"
had played Il little with his generous,
modest face, and given it the evidences
Of increase in years. The News says {:
1t is now nearly six years since there
samtcrcd into our office q tough speci-
men Of playcd-out Southern chivalry,
asking for Il situation SAY ing that he
would be willing to work at any kind
OF writing, ten hours a day, for a place
to sleep and something to eat. He
SAID he was hard up, and hungry and
cold, he wanted the situation only un
I'll he could get into shape--a month
at most. We wanted him for Il year
he remarked chat, though 'amisbcd and
ragged, ten thousand dollars a year
would be no ~lnducement, that he only
wanted to keep alive until he got his
machinery into motion, and then he
would show Us northern people that
there was still left some stern and stnb.
BON stuff in the rough remnant OF the
Rebellion. Money would not buy this
Shivcring but audacious devil for a
single year. For days and days alter
wards he frcqNrnted free lunches Went
into wholesale groceries for samples OF
crackers, made examination Of pic ba-
keIIes, Investigated bread and cake
houses, sugar houses; ate anything !;
ms taIismahlc word was plnck,
lie began eight thousand dollars III
debt, ana ms Iirst operation was IN inc
St"cK exchange; IN lIree Ilonr8 ne
cleared SZ''Oo upon the strength OF a
lucky eaN telegram from Liverpool
iII'h came ms operation IN the nuc-
tIoh rooms, his Brook!yh victories, ms
gigantic operation IN struggled goods
~~H!Ne tllncS nave DIS principles hech
"? 'he h"Iio" street pt'7
on' Nll S''u seems 10 oc ''ore potent
ever i''al even tnc oceanS
o. I'cc"' o. NoooHS' OF 'ahcN wares
anne p"u''h@ ~ upon every steamer
Wo''uer MS @""o5 were c''eap-ho
""I'er MS business pfospeFeo ana
gre" I"to ''ch tremendous proportion
N army o. ShluSSler', OF anctloh
Watchers OF sllcrlilS attendants. a.,
lhcy received ana s'''ppcu 'he
5oouS TO stores III ''rGInlo--Co hlch-
nina, hlhrt'hSo'rg 'haricslo"n' 10
JlarNsnuFS' i-e'So'r@ lnu icI"lno"'lt
Cumocrlahu ana GRAFTON ana
Stanton TO almost every state IN Tue
mon; 10 ChlcaSo' 81 LOUIS ana Yin
'Inna'', everywhere, ana 10 every store
'amc from hc"d quarters tne orderl 10
' clear OUT your GOODS short prohtS
s"ch bought goods m'9h1 wen
BASS lor cheap SoodS' IL were non
'ense 10 compete WIN men VINO mao
iol !''rly earned lNe tl'Ie TO imported
ahr'cS' ana mere IS Tue secret 1.-THE
'I'ry--'Iey are no importers ont Snug
'lcrS' ana 'llc'r opposition la'lhC tIein
WIN the story OF auction ana stolen
Never ana victory cllng more
chaclo1'ly TO TIE banners OF immortal
acKsoh tllah IL mas 10 IIie cause OF inns
hahd OF hrotherS' Organize enter
rise 2"necLvcd lo-'"y ana tomorrow
Xccuted. one monopoly smashed
o Day announcer greater 10 XIII on lle
borrow B'lI Kun yesterday, Ma
aSSa TO morrow Victory from de
Eat, Success out OF Il disaster, but {
estcrday Il panpcr, a millionaire to {
g
w hat STRANGE hUt unprrlnr lmDuISDS /