The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-01-02


SIS, 300 for lecturing, which in round
numbers would be something over $500
day for the entire ninety days, and he
Says 1t was not particularly good time
for lectures either. A million of dollars
is very large sum. Now, suppose a
man with thousand dollars should die
and leave ten dollars to charity and nine
hundred and. ninety TO his relatives,
would Brother Talmage rush into such
ecstaciss about IL; and yet, that man
would be giving twice as.-much of his
fortune to charity as did William II.
Vanderbilt who gave exactly to charity
one half of one per. cent. The dead
millionaire made.oyer a. hundred million
dollars 10 ten years. he received from
his father less than a hundred millions,
after he. made his settlement with his
brothers and sisters; and these tardy
settlements we're not made till his faith
ef's memory was scandalized and the
unwbolesome secrets of the family were
made the fibald Jest of every bsrroom
aud brothel in the city. Since.t that day
he has added to his store nearly hum
dred and twenty millions, or atthe rate
Of d million a month. Ten millions of
this enormous sum was made at single
stroke in 1851, when he and Jay Gould
.stftick hands on the Western Union
deal. Western Union had been selling
at no and paying dividend of eight
per cent. Everybody knew that Van
derbilt was heavy holder, and they
had full confidence in the stock on ac
count of the immense capital behind it,
| Suddenly the street was filled with
rumors that something was wrong with
Western Union-rumors of defalcations
and ruinous business, and worst of all
that it would never pay another divi-
dend. Right upon the heel of this came
the report that Vanderbilt had gone out,
and that in less than four weeks the
stock could be bought for $50. All this
time neither Norville Green, the Presi-
dent, nor W. II. Vanderbilt uttered
word TO give the public assurance that
the stock was entirely safe. II dropped
over thirty points. Men who went in
on margin Of twenty per cent.-a mar
gin considered entirely safe in the ordin.
AIRY transactions of the street, were ut
terly wiped out and ruined. Mr.. Gould
and Mr.. Vanderbilt cleaned the decks
Each lad about ten millions. d. o.
Mills made enough to pay for the big
building he. put up on Broad street, but
the grand financial success of these
honest gentlemen was made by the ire.
trievablc ruin of thousands of small
holders Of Western Union, and other
stocks that were carried down in the
general panic and crash.
1t enabled Mr.. Gould to build the At
lanta and Mr.. Vanderbilt to ride behind
$40, 900 trotter, but scores who went
down to ruin in that infamous deal
robbed in few days of the hard earn
ings of years, will stagger on in wretched
poverty to their graves, cursing the hour
they ever heard the names of either of
these bloated millionaires. Brother
Talmage's brilliant eulogy of the dead
CrGsus may crafty the vanity of the
living, and the bread that the Taber-
nacle pastor casts upon the waters may
return before many days. A thrifty
Englishman gave him $500 for a single
sermon, why may not a grateful Ameri-
can raise the Englishman, and make the
check $1,000. Parson Newman was re-
ported to have received much larger
sum for a much less difficult task. The
parson l believe denied the soft i'm
parchment; but let us hope that Brother
Talmage will not go unrewarded. In
case Dives should forget his service, he
is not likely to suffer; for with $4,000
regular salary, $4,000 for lectures,
$1,000 for marriages and deaths, and
about $4,000 more from his sermons
and contributions to the press. He
may find it as difficult to get past ST.,
Peter at the gate as Jay Gould or Van
derbilt himself. 1t is a pleasant thing
to decry the vanity of riches when you
can draw your check for $4,000. Per-
haps Brother Talmage is laying up
treasures, "where the moth doth not
consume, nor thieves break in and
steal;' if SOL hope the people of Brook
lyn may hear of it before the undertaken
brings in his bill,
+ A delightful sensation for Christmas
, was the assault and robbery of a wealthy
German citizen, by two park policemen.
Ground was broken this week in
Brooklyn tor a new elevated road on the
principal thoroughfare of the city, and
, in less than year We expect, that like
, New York it will be covered with a net
, work of Elevated Railways.
: And so we hasten to the end of the
year, which, taken for all in all is one to
+ be gratefully remembered. The entire
political character of the country is
/. changed with less disturbance to the ma.
tion, than is caused by miners strike
/ in Hooking Valley, or a mob riot in
Cincinnati. Our store houses are
r crammed with food at lower prices than
this land has ever known for fifty years.
Our banks are plethorlc with gold and
silver and the rates of interest less than
has been known by living men. With
J trihing epidemics the health of our mil.
lions of people has been almost unim.
= paired, and moderate prosperity In
2 every branch of Well regulated labor has
, made us the envy of all lands.
/ Broatlbrim Joins in the TIE deum lau,
, damus and Anthem of praise that breaks
the stiffness of this frosty Christina;
: night. Hosanna, hosanna; for Christ
E has come; Glory to God in the highest