Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-25

presently said, III YOU will give me a
chance, III never touch another drop.
Said 1. III you mean that III double
your salary and / did. To-day that
man owns houses and lands in the city
and is universally respected.
81 have always gone on the principle
Of helping others as | went along. "A
number OF nv people are worth from
$4,000 TO $4,000. started building
associations for them and they have
been OF the greatest benefit"
'Have you never had any embarrass-
ments?'
"Never. have worked hard for an
end and have secured il. What could "A
man wish that cannot havel There is
nothing in the gilt OF the people, there
was nothing in the gift OF General
Grant, when he was President, at home
or abroad, that was not at my disposal if
/ had cared for il. ~
"You have met many distinguished
peoplel'
ayes, probably more than any other
American, and | know them all well.
"FOr instance.
"Well, among my guests, friends and
correspondents were the Emperor OF
Brazil, the Duke OF Buckingham; Lords
Dutferin, ROsebery, HOughtOn, llches-
ter, Caithness and Dunaven; Sir Stat
ford NOrthcOte, Lady Franklin, Dean
Stanley, Canon Kingsley, ChacleS Dick
ems, Milkie Collins. j. A. FrOude, Pro-
fessOr Tyndall, Professor Price, Goodwin
S.,.sk Al,,s-.1 - rlarap.a Dagat
Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen, Sir Herbert
Stanford Charles Kean, Marquis VI.
ROchambeau, John Writer, VI. z. (of the
London Tunes, Sir Charles Reed, Sir
John Rose. Sir Edwid Thornton, Henry
W. Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Geo. Bancroft, Henry Ward Beecher,
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Elisha h. Kane,
Edmund Quincy, Chief Justice Waite,
George Peabody; Generals Grant, Sher-
man, Meade and Sheridan; III. Fish, Il.
c. Winthrop. Henry Wilson, VIM. VI.
Evarts, Alexander VI. Stephens, :. j.
nlden, Charlotte Cushman, Washing
ton Irving, W. III. Prescott, Nathaniel
HalthOrne, Edward Everett, Thomas II.
Benton, W. ii. Seward, WIN. c. Bryant,
Horace Greeley, I. Weed, Peter Cooper,
G. T. K. James. George ;. Hilliarl,
Fitz-Greene Halleck, Jared Sparks,
Thomas Hughes, NJ p; John j. Motley
and DR.. Francis Lieber."
"You are noted hereabouts for your
unostentatious charity; do you find it
a good thing, a wise policy in the long
rum"
'I do indeed. Everybody comes to
me for help and no one goes away unaid-
ell. My friend Forney will say when
friend wants money, Il haven't got
$500 myself, but I'll 90 down and bOr-
row il Of Childs for YOU Yes, get a
deal OF satisfaction from charity. One
Of my printers came to me the other
day and said. MY daughter is 10 be
married next week and ] want % see If
| can buy Bible and have it charged to
YOU, the amount to be deducted from
nv paw per week He wanted TO give
hera Bible worth $40, SO | gave him a
check for $50 for the girl and an order on
a dry goods store for $50 worth Of clothes
for her and the Bible, and thanked him
for letting me know his daughter was TO
be married. Now, that didn't cost me
much, but it pleased them, and have
lust received beautiful letter from the
girl herself. Then an old acquaintance
came in TO see il he could borrow 500
TO get out book with. didn't want
the book, but | told him he could have
the money and 10 send the books to
twenty college libraries Here's the list
lust come in. Now, here is a circular
we got out and have sent 10 few prom
inent men asking subscriptions TO a
monument for my old friend, Morton
McMichael They all know that when
| take hold OF a thing it is certain TO 90
through, and II there isn't money
enough subscribed I'll make IL up and
that will be the end fit. wanted to
paw for the whole OF Leigh Hunts mon
ument, but Mr.. Hall would take hut a
subscription. | am the largest sub
scriber 10 the memorial window, in BrOn-
ham, Of the poet, Tom Moore. | give
an annual dinner 10 the newsbOys of
Philadelphia aud | sent thousands OF
bows and girls % visit the Centennial
Exhibition. Ny business is very pros
porous, and | like my men to share my
prosperity. am very quick to detect
merit, and no man who does his duty
need fear 10 trust me implicitly with
his confidence. give every one va
cation Of at least two weeks, paying his
salary in advance, accompanied by a
present, and on Christmas Day | always
give thousands Of dollars in money tony
employees
"HOw about the worn-out men"
81 take good care Of them. "The fore
man Of my composing room had been
with me less than year when he broke
down, and his doctor told him he must
stop work or die. lie hasn't been near
the Office for years, but he draws his
weekly salary with regularity and COM
fort. In lS6S gave TO the Philadelphia
typographical Society printers GENE
tery-a lot with an area Of about 1000
feet, surrounded by a beautiful and sub
slant. al marble wall, with an imposing
gateway of handsome marble. l also
presented the society a liberal sum, the
interest OF which is to be devoted to the
care of the grounds. l buried an old
destitute printer there first of all. He
was diving in the almshOuse and sent me
word. OF course ! attended TO him, and
he rests there now.
"IOu have had occasional offers Of pos
ition and trust?'
IL have declined more than any one
knows. Princeton College conferred the
degree Of Master Of Arts upon me, and
appreciative notices OF my life and char.
acter have appeared in "LippincOtt's
Biographical Dictionary "JOhnson's
Encyclopedias" the Geographic des Co
tempOraires, in "Men of the Times,
in brochures in different languages and
in newspapers all over the world?'
Where were YOU bOrnw
"In Baltimore, in 1929. Ny name is
not George Washington Childs, but the
same as my fathers, George William
Childs"
IL have heard that you were'instru-
mental in inducing Nine. Janaus-
chek to learn the English language; is
that SO''
"Yes; she came here with letters from
influential friends Of mine in Germany.
When she called 10 see me told her,
through an interpreter, that she ought
TO learn our language and then she would
make a success. She did so, and when
she was here last she had S50O,0OO in
United States bonds
"Do you find that your employees ben
eft BY your thoughtfulnessl'
"Oh yes. | pay a number Of them
5000 or 5000 year. Nearly every
one owns his house, and they all know
that their positions are assured for life.
take them as boys in the Office, then
clerks, then reporters, and finally edi-
tors. One Of my chief editorial writers
is the SON OF a carrier
Immense Fleet Of Vessels at Buffalo.
BUFFALO, October 24.-Over $50 yes
sells Of all classes have arrived at this
port the past week. This is the largest
fleet that has been here at one time
in ten years. The effect on grain
ireights by canal hence to Eastern
points has resulted in a rapid advance,
wheat being taken at - and corn at IL