Daily Republican., 1883-07-21

Council then adjourned to meet a
Eleventh street bridge at 6 o'clock p.
IN. to-day.
HOW TO GET RICH.
Brilliant AnticipattOns Of YOuth-
The Means by which Wealth car
be Acquired.
How to get rich is subject that has
and it is safe to say that there are very
few who, at some period in their lives,
have not had expectations Of, at some
future day, becoming wealthy. The
young man just starting out in life,
filled with the buoyancy of youth, feels
that wealth and fame are just ahead,
and almost within his grasp, and he
oftimes follows, and they, like the
mystic will O. the whisp, lure him on
and on, until overtaken by old age, he
gives up the chase in despair
The men who can be seen every morn
ing vending their way to the work.
shops, whose heads are silvered with
age, and their backs bent with life's
struggle, could tell many true stories of
blighted hopes and disappointed ambi-
tion their dream of youth has fled, and
some of them will tell you: 81 would
that had known as much thirty years
ago as know now, and | would not
be compelled in the evening of life to be
toiling aud Shaving for others" That
is the key note which shows, as a gen.
eral thing, that it Is the mistakes of life
that keep many men poor, and 1t is not
extravagant to assert that the majority
of young men who are blessed with
health and strength can, by the exercise
of good sound judgment, and profitting
by the experience of others, secure
competency for old age.
Fortune is said to be tickle goddess
who, filled with freaks and caprices,
blindly distributes her favors without
discrimination, often giving to the un-
worthy and leaving the worthy to
truggle with grim poverty. But the
history of some of the most successful
men proves this untrue and unworthy
of belief. To acquire wealth several
things are necessary, foremost among
which are honesty and integrity, COM
bined with industry and economy.
Let young man start in life with
these requisites and obtain the reputa-
ton among his fellow men of being
fair and upright in all his dealings, and
he will soon obtain their confidence, and
his success is assured, while character
for knavery or laziness, or being a
spendthrift will prove an insurmount-
able obstacle to his success in almost
every undertaking. Punctuality is
another important element in assuring
success in business, and the man who is
known to be scrupulously exact in the
of all his engagements gains
the confidence of all, and may COM
mand whatever means he may wish to
assist him in his business.
1t is the small things that count in
life, and as Benjamin Franklin said
take care OF the pennies, and the dol
lars will take care of themselves. John
Jacob Astor, New York's millionaire,
said that it cost him more labor and
self-denial to save his first thousand
dollars than it did to accumulate all the
rest of his stupendous fortune. If a
young man will cOmmeuce when he OBJ
tains his majority to save dollar or
Two week and place it where
it will yield him interest, in a
few years he will have capital
that will permit him to take ad-
vantage of opportunities that may
place him on the high road to wealth,
while on the contrary the one who
spends an equal amount in beer or Sc
,ars, or hiring fas horses, sees opportu-
mites come that he is unable to avail
himself of for the want Of the means
which he has squandered. Too much
,annot be said in favor of industry us a
potent lever in acquiring wealth. This
vas so well understood by one who has
Justly been considered the wsest among
nen that he wrote three thousand years
lgo: The hand of the diligent maketh
'ich," and again, Seest thou a man
liligent in his business? he shall stand
before Kings" and the truth of both
hese proverbs has been illustrated times
without number.
Wealth cannot be acquired in month
n year, and even if it was, it is not
probable that it would benefit the one
it, as it would be acquired too
'asy to be priced. There have been
numbers of cases where persons have
uddeDly been placed in possession of
,reat wealth that was their ruin, and
hey led lives of dissipation until the
ast dollar was squandered while on
he contrary the one who improves the
of youth and lays by com.
'etency can enjoy the fruits of it in his
Id age.
A prominent and successful mer-
liant Of Philadelphia gives this advice
o the young: BE industrious and
economical. Waste neither time nor
money in small and useless pleasures
nd indulgences. If the young will be-
in to save as soon as they enter on the
'aths of life, the way will ever become
asier before them, and they will not
all to attain competency, and that
Without depriving themselves Of any Of
he real necessities or comforts of life.
he highest test Of responsibility is
Onest industry. The really noble
lass, the class that was noble when
Adam dev'd and Eve spun, and who
ave preserved their nobility to this
ay uEtarnished, is the laborious and
and until men have learn.
Il industry, economy, ard self control,
hay cannot be safely entrusted with
'eath." This is the experience of {
ian who started life with no CAPITAL a
ut his own energy, but who by prac-
cing these few simple rules acquired a