The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-05-22


bankruptcy and ruin. But though in a
few years Mr.. Marvin has lost million
of dollars he did not lose his honor nor
the confidence of his fellow men. In
the midst of his financial ruin no man
questioned his integrity of purpose, and
though stripped of every dollar he car
ried out of Wall street an article that is
not for sale upon its money marts-a
spotless character and an unblemished
name. This is worth more to this
world, as bright and shining example
to the young men OF this land, than alb
the gold he has lost or could lose for a.
thousand years. He was Treasurer of;
the Polytechnic Institute and Hamilton
Club of Brooklyn and though million
of dollars passed through his bands his
accounts balanced to cent. He could.
easily have done what thousands have
done before him and plunged others ini
his financial ruin, but he jeopardiZed
his own money and when that was lost
he stopped. have devoted this much.
space to Mr.. Marvin's case because it is
an exceptional one on Wall street AL
though he was millionaire no man
that know reioices at his DOWNFALL for
when he had plenty he remembered the
poor and suffering and it is they who
will miss him most. But the moral Of
all this is, that if man of his knowl-
edge, character, experience and ability
is swept ont of sight in this remorseless
financial maelstrom, what chance is
there for the innocent lambs who fondly
imagine that fortunes can be picked up
on the street by the investment of few
hundred dollars? Don't believe them,
young man, don't try the experiment
with anybody else's money; if you do,
sooner or later you will find your way TO
the penitentiary, If you must expert
ment in stocks use your own money and
then stop. But, if you want to make a
rapid fortune, and you are tired of be-
ing poor, you will find the Louisiana
Lottery, faro, seven up, or poker, quite
as safe as stocks.
1t is sad that hawks won't pick out
hawks eyes. 1t is nice figure of
speech but not true. These Wall street
hawks would pick out the eyes of their
fathers or mothers or grand-mothers
Some years ago Jay Gould had dear
friend,a very dear friend named Selover.
One morning Could met Selover on the
street and confdentiaIly gave him a
point on II certain stock. Selover rushed
down to his broker and sold 100000
worth short, and when the sun wei [
down his bank account. was short Just
S60,000 while Jay Gould's had improved
that and much more. When the Board
closed Solover MET Gould in New street,
and seizing him by the back of his neck
and the seat of his pants threw him
down a cellar from whence he was
rescued by barber. There are men
who win, and there are men who have
made great fortunes on Wall street, but
they are not so numerous as the sand on
the seashore or the stars in the milky
way. It's game with loaded dice; I'd
the one who wins there are q hundred
that lose not only their gold but honor,
credit, body and soul.
hardly know how forgot to mention
the Dog Show in my last letter for il
was one of the features Of the week.
Every body goes to the dogs whenever
we have an exhibition in New York. l
have mortal horror of hydrophObla,
but hydrophobia or no hydrophobia
would sooner trust those dogs on eXhibl
tion than an equal number of my own
kind. The show of CANNES was magni,
ficent; every kind of dog was there that
ever was seen or heard of, from SibeE
ian bloodhound that looked like a roya
Bengal tiger, to my lady's darling thai
she carries in her bosom, and which
when lat weighs three ounces and &
half. Lots of fellows did not go to sec
the dogs bnt to take look at the pretty
girls, of which there were thousand,
every day. The girls went to see til,
puppies and all tie puppies in tow
went to see the girls. The Show wa
crowded every day. Every body and his
wife were there, and as Dog Show /
was the greatest success of the kind W,
have ever had in this city. -
"Sheol hath no fury like a womal
scorned," saith the poet, and when h
r wrote those remarkable lines he evident
ly had Mrs. Wilson in his weather eye
! She is now in court suing for a divorc
with attorneys fee and alimony. Sh
G complsins of cruel and inhuman treat
5 menl, and certainly makes mos
5 powerful case against her brute Of
! husband. Item one, she wanted a loy
e of French bonnet, it only cost thirt
+. clared that twenty dollar hat was goo
D enough for her. No wonder she wa
f, mad; who would not be? The onl
0 wonder is how the poor woman survives
5 the shock She wanted box for til
D Mikado, ii only cost fifteen dollars, an
Z; he stuck her in seats in the parquett
; which only cost three dollars and
e half piece; poor woman, poor woman
4 She wanted some ice cream and mac
1 caroOns about half-past two in tn
S morning and the monster refused to &C
: ont of bed, alleging that he was suffer
: ing from neuralgia and it was snowin
: at the time. There are a hundred jus
d such counts in the frightful list, an
: medical experts are now trying to fin
n out how Mrs. Wilson lived through
t all. But in the meantime Wilson hin
d self comes into court and AYERS that h
c is the martyr, and as an evidence of hi
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