The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-08
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As the vast crowd which had filled
every available spot Of the large audlto-
riuri Of Washington Hall-platlorm, pass
ageways and isles-worked It's way out, q
gentleman remarked, "Will II payis,
FWell, ! rather guess We can say yes, J
30 far as this lectures concerned" lie
was right. Washington Hall never held
0 larger or more interested assemblage.
It paid the lecturer 10 lecture; II paid his
hearersto hear. II was o paying busi'
ness all around.
Cough IA the most attractive lecturer In
the country. A society never loses by
engaging him. His success rests rs much
In the Gay he says things as in what he
says. His gesticulation,. unusual, but
truthful and natural his voice under full
control, and exquisitely used his facial
expressiOn-all would make him q star
had he become On actor. But naturally
he Is On orator, and he found his calling
Telling q story-and all his lectures bub.
bic with them-he brings into play oil
his powers, and never fails 10 amuse, In.
terest or instruct.
He never Is bothered with notes, but
talks oif.hand, and with an earnestness
which indicates that his soul Is In what
he says, Last evening he began his lee.
ture by saying that It's subject was ques.
ton In the hearts and on the lips Of every
nine men out OF ten. On entering an en-.
terprise men asked, "Will It payr The
questioniwas always uppermost, omatter
what they did II was right that II should
be. The Bible itself enforced by It's teach
ings the necessity Of taking care Of ones
self. The advancement OF self was noble
TILL II got into seltiShness, and then II
didn't pay. II didn't pay TO look on the
dark side. There were those who could
see nothing but clouds in the brightest
sky; they anticipated what might be. He
would say to such one, wake up! Was
be in paing No. Had he enemies 2 No
Then wake upl We always had some.
thing to be thankful for. Enter thai
house; in It's poorest room lay an old wo,
man, for years a suffer from rheumatism
she could not move even from her bed,
but she was thankful. For what? Fol
tho use Of one poor thumb by which She
could turn the leaves Of an old Bible. Il
paid to take q cheerful view Of life. Judi
cious kindness always paid-a quarrel
never.
When he was boy he had arrow with
q schoolmate over some trivial affair. II
was agreed that when theschool had beer
dismissed lie and the boy should "have il
out" A ring was formed, their jackets
were thrown oil, and at IL they went
dancing round and sparring at each other.
Up came his foe and gave him q stingel
on the nose. Before he got another he
(G.) had made up his mind that IL didn't
pay-[laughterl -and henever engaged In
any more fisticnfs.
Politeness and patience always paid
In crowd gentleman sat next TO an,
other who was smoking, and kept putting
the smoke in his face. twas annoying
to DO sure II was. What did he do 1
Simply turned round and said: "Please
sir, be kind enough TO smoke in that Other
gentleman's face" Laughter.1 1t did
not pay to be mean and unmanly; It did
pay TO be true and noble.
II paid to be pleasant. A friend had
told him Of an acquaintance who couldn't
see q joke, so his friend had arranged that
when he made one he would wink
Laughter, One day this man was stretch.
cd on his bed with rheumatism, and in
came his friend to inquire after him, and
finding that he couldn't move, he said, "a
see you're n stationer." lie winked, and
the sick man thought he'd made q Joke,
Laughter. There he lay wondering
what It meant after his friend had gone
and when another came in he told him
$50 and so said / was in the stationery
business. What did he mean I" laugh.
ter. Another met u friend whose father
had hut recently died. lie had not heard
of the old gentlcman's death, and in ask.
ing after him, the weather being very
warm, he said, allow does your lather
stand the heat| (Thc point Of the Joke
gradually dawned upon the audience, and
it finally broke out into loud laugh)
Speaking Of the acquisition Of wealth,
the lecturer said that depended on how
you got money and what you did with It
whether or not 1t paid. Character and
honor were capital What capital had he
who was stranded on the shoals Of dis.
honor. e
He wanted no betterepitaph when he
died than "here lies an honest man."
A man who prizes money Tor itself and
not for Its uses is poor. Money gave us
a ticket Of admission TO many Of the
pleasantest places God ever made.
The lecturer then related with great
effect, two stories concerning the Chicago
sufferers, and Of the great results the
money sent them had attained. A gen.
tleman of Chicago had lost all but his
wife, and thanked God without grum.
Bile for his other losses, that she had been
spared 10 him.
1t does not pay to run in debt Nothing
bore down the sensitive mind like debt,
This horror Of meeting duns, who could
at any time, and under almost any circum.
stances mention "that little BILL" was in.
describable. No genius could relieve q
man from tho unutterable meanness of
reckless debt. laughter While laughing
al the comical stories concerning the
tricks Of Sheridan, Goldsmith, and others
like them, to avoid creditors, we could
but pity them. How could a man be
proud Of clothes that were not paid for !?
How could he ask his friends 10 admire
his furniture when It's real owner had
vainly asked for its pay? How could a
young man dare to give jewelry 10 a
young lady which had not been paid for |?
Laughter. They didit.
He had been often asked did il pay to
go to California. Itpald to know more Of
our own country than Europe. The lee.
turer's glowing description Of the Journey
from San Francisco, surpassed in enthusi.
astic appreciation, yividness, and wealth
Of .coloring, all imagination. San
Francisco is q wonderful city. Twenty
years ago it was a canvas city; now It has
10000 inhabitants. There Is much TO be
done, but much has already been done for
its good. 1t is a city Of extremes, and
there are great many dead beats there.
They are not q social people yet. There
arc, however, many kind ones. They are