The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-25

the struggle with them /; but duty
to family is OF the first import
ance, and / cannot do Justice to
them by remaining. l expect to
carry with me, into my new life,
some valuable lessons, gathered
from the experience of the past few
years. One of the most valuable is
that elephants are difficult animals
to manage. Having never aspired
to reach the top of the hill, / haye
not been disappointed that l did
not get there. / think l got some
where up along the side; but some
how slipped, and now find my
self at the bottom. shall COM
mence my new life there, and strug-
gle with new impulses and undi-
minished hopes to a better life in
the future.
And now, in the language of the
celebrated A. Ward,
"Adoo! Adoo!"
d. b. EMMERT.
Emmert is one of the cold press
guard" of Kansas. Many years
ago he started paper at Auburn,
Shawnee county. From there he
went to Marmaton, Bourbon coun-
ty, and published a paper. Then
he landed in Ft. Scott and founded
ed the Monitor, and afterwards
the Daily. Had he stuck to the
Monitor and exercised a reasona-
BILE care in business matters he
would have been far up ''the side
of the hilP' he alludes TO. But
this was not in store for him. And
this leads us to remark that there
is among the "old press guard
half dozen or more conspicuous
illustrations of that Stree and easy
characteristic of the newspaper
fraternity in regard to financial
matters. Emmert was at one time
well fixed, just as several others of
US have been, but there was the
constitutional carelessness in re-
gard to saving money, and the
vaulting ambition to get on in the
newspaper business, in politics, or
in some other sphere. Look at
Emmert, Root, Wilder, John
Speer, Sol. Miller, Marsh Murdoch,
d. r. Anthony, Prouty, and last
and perhaps least, the "undersign-
ed" How many of them to-day
ought to be rich men. Several OF
them have had splendid oppor-
tunities, and we are satisfied all
could have been better fixed, finan-
cially. One man in the sold
guard" has kept q sensible and
steady hand on his finances, and
that is Col. John A. Martin, of
the Atchison Champion. He is
said to be worth 100000 or $780,
900, all made out of the Champion.
Sol. Miller was tolerably fixed at
White Cloud, owning good build
ing which he put up there, but he
had to abandon it when he moved
to Troy, and it is almost worth
less. Sol, however, is hardly a
specimen of the boys we started to
write about. John Speer, to day,
ought TO have been worth $780,
900. He had a better opportunity
than any of the cold guard" but
in money matters
ruined him. We once knew an
office in Ohio, and the paper was
run under the high-sounding name
of Anew Era" where all the money
that came in was put in a drawer,
and when anybody about the of
fee wanted quarter they went
TO that drawer and took it. That
office had no foolish notions about
book keeping. So it was in Speer's
Tribune office. Too many fellows
had access to his money drawer.
Prouty has had good chances to
make a fortune and let them slip
through his fingers from sheer lack
IF appreciation OF the value ofmon-
~, and from a big newspaper am
1ition where there was not bust
less enough to back it. George
Martin has held fat offices most of
he time, and should have been
'ich. We learn he is Sailing
Town" little out of the State
ID. r. Anthony has lost
OTIS of money on Leavenworth pa
lers. Frank Root has worked
or glory more than money.
Marsh Murdoch spent thou
ands in trying to build up a pa
Der at Burlingame. He is getting
iome of it back at Wichita, and it
8 not slipping through his fingers
ike it used to. Some of the 9TH
rs mentioned have perhaps taken
better care of their earnings, but
lave not made a fortune as they
ought to have done. 1t is more
PARTICULARLY of the practical print
RS we speak. There is nothing
Ibout the cart preservative" to
each a young man business ideas
'r habits or the value of money.
We are glad to see that many of
he "old guard" are taking a new
urn in this respect, and among
he rest d. Il. Emmert. He does
lot tell us what he will engage in,
tut we take his card to mean that
n the "new life he speaks of, |
and Sacing money is meant.
That is right, Emmert. May you
ret back some of the money you
ave spent in building up towns.
The whole lesson is in that word |
dcfng. We have got far enough |
long in life to find that out, and |
o far as finances are concerned,
hats the most important lesson
re have learned. We are satisfied |
II the old fellows have turned a
ew lear and are going to get
Ich. May we all realize our fond
st dreams in this line.