Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-01-23

Jahu u. EonRh Answers the Qgr>tiOn- Lin
con Hall Packed.
As tho vast crowd which had filled every
available spot Of the large auditorium OF Lin.
coin Hail-platiOrm, passageways aud nisl e.
worked It's way out, q gentleman remarked,
'will It ply1" "wt;i, l rather guoss We can
say yes 81 far as that lectures concerned" He
was Eht. Llnooln Hall never held larger or
q more interested assemblage, 1t paid the lee
turer to lecture; Il paid his hearers TO hear. 1t
was paying busino IS all around. On the plat.
form, packed with people Of both sexes, sat vice
President Colfax, Gen. Howard, Hon. S. s Cox,
and other distlng uished iClka, and through the
audience were sprinkled gentlemen Of equal
note.
Cough Is the most attractive lecturer % the
country. sJciety never loses by engaging
HIN. His success rests as mu'h In the Gay he
says things as In what no says His gostlcula-
ton, unusual, but trnihful and natural; his
voice under full control, and exquisitely used;
his facial exprossOn-all would make him n
star" had he becUme IN actor, But naturally no
Il au orator, aud lie found his calling. Telling
lstory-and all his lectures bubble With them
he brings into play all his powers, and never
lails TO amuse, interest or instruct.
He mover Ia bothered with notes, but talks of
hand, and with an oarnestness which indicates
that bis soul Is In what he says. Last evening
he began his lGotuTo BY saying that IL snljoe!
every nine men out Of ten. On entering an en-.
terprlse men asked, "Will II pay" 1he ques-
ton was always uppermost, no matter what
they did. II was right that It should be. The
Bible itself enforced by It's teachings the neccs-
sity Of taking care Of ones self The advance
nent Of self was noble TIL I! got into senshness,
and then 1t didn't pay. II didn't pay to look on
the dark side. There were those VINO could see
nothing but clouds In the brightest sky; they
.nt,eipaIei what might DC. lie would say 70
he enemicsi No. Then wake up! We always
had something TO be thankful Tor. Enter that
house, In Us poorest room lay an old woman, for
lInE fFNFn lame aaa 4auIN
move even IRON her bed, but she was thankful.
For whAta For the use Of ono poor thumb by
which she could turn the leaves u an old Bible.
IL paid TO take n cheerful view OF life. JudeiOus
kindness always pald-a quarrel never.
when he was u boy no had row with a
schoOlmato over some trivial affair. Il was
agreed that when the school had been dismissed
he and tho boy should "hEye II out" A ring
vas formed, tholr Jackets were thrown OF, aud
at Il thoy went, dancing round aGd sparrng at
zach other. Up came his foo and gave him
singer on the nose, Before he got another he
"a. y had made up his mind that u didRT pdy-
llagshterl-and he never engaged In any more
nstlcuus.
Politsncss and patience always paid. In
crowd gentleman sat next 10 another who was
smoking, and kept puihng the smoke In his face,
hsdoT Simply turned round and said "Please,
sir, DO kind enough to smoke in that other gen.
tleman's fl'o." tLGughter.l It did not pay TO
DO mean and unmanlyi tdld pay to be true aud
noble.
It paid to be pleasant A friend had told hun
Of an acquaintance who eouldn'tsee Joke, so his
friend hal arranged that when he made one
he would wink. tLluyhteT.l One day this man
was stretched on his bod With rheumatism, and
In came his friend TO inquire after him, ard
1nding that he oOuldn' tmoYe. he said, II SEQ
you're a stationer." He winked, and tho sick
man thought he'd made a Joke. Laughter
There he lay wondering what IL meant alter hts
friend had gone, and when another came 10 he
told him, 80 and 80 said was In the station.
cry business. What did he meant" [LtughteT.l
Another met friend whose father had but re'
Gently died lie had not heard Of the old gen
tlemins death, aud In asking afler him, the
weather bolug very warm, he said, How does
your father Stand the heat?" 1.-THE pOlut Of the
Joke gradually dawnod upon the audience, and
It finally broke out Into u loud laugh
Speaking OF the acquisition OF wealth, the
lecturer said that II depended on how you got
II paid. Character and honor were capital.
What capital had he who was stranded on the
shoals OF dishOnorl
He wanted no better cpItaph when he died
than "horo lies an honest man.
A man who prizes money for itself and not for
its uses Is poor. Money gave US ticket OF al.
mission 20 many OF the pleasln.est places God
ever made,
The lecturer then related, with great effect,
two stories concerning tho Chicago sufferers,
and Of the good results the money sent them had
attained. A gentleman Of Chicago had lost al 4
but his wife, and thanked God without grum-
pic for his other losses, that she mad been spared
1t does not pay to run In debt. Nothing boro
down the sensitive mind like debt, The hOT.
ror Of meeting duns, who could at any time aud
nn ..T almost any elteums!anoes mention that
relieve man from the unutteraOle meanness Of
reckless debt; tLaughtor.l Wails laughing
y the oonlaai stories e9H'sfnlng ne Tricks Of
avoid creditors, We could but pity thom. How
could man be proud Of clothes that were not
paid mr. How could he ask his friends To nd.
mire his furniture when It's real owner had
Va My askel Tor It's pAy3 How could young
man uaTe 70 give lewelTy to young lady which
had no. Ss6 P0Sn paid io[f Laughter They did 4.
California. II paid TO know more OF our own
country than Europe. lie then proceeded %
draw beautiful picture VI Journey by tho
overland route 10 California, To which his audit
ence listened with breathless attention. lie
then described, In q most humorous style, \
tTatlye Of the fears Of the traveller and his comic
description kept bis hearers In n continual roar
OF Laughter. His description Of tue natural
wonders OF the YO Semitic was truly eloquent,
and at It's close received with unbOunded ap.
plAuse
Practical jokes never paid. They were one.
sided affairs. One suffered and the other
laughed, and that was why they did not pay.
He Illustrated his mo ,ning by humorous story
Of bis boyhoOd, which was hugely enjoyed.
lie would ask tho young man OF tho day,
Cup, whether It would pay to drink It's contents.
II reflection came with tho nrst glass, who'd
drink Il dsiiTium trsHsnI came iirst who'd
drink How many young men Of Washington
could stand up and truly say, 4" Drink has boon
my ruin. Drink has marred my prospects.
Drink has driven away my friends Drink has
beren me Of hope Many, many. 90 10 tho
low grOg ahopGi tell tho young man that no Il
drinking worse than deadly poison that II
will NIL HIN BY degrees, mentally, morally aud
splTltually-tell hun that out OF the tap 10
drinks IRON spots c0TrodinR tiTa-And he will
drink on, II doesn't pay ~ begin to drink
Much OF the latter portion Of his lecture was
devoted N the evil effects NJ intempeTance.
given with that earnestneab - peculiarly the
JOTi6 Of Mr.. Cough.
Tue above Is very bricf rcylow Of this Ice,
tuFe, the delivery Of which consumed precisely
two hours II was plenllully interpreted with
aneelOteg, apt lIelh, and eapltnlly told.