The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-13
BUSINESS SUCCESS.
THE ELEMENT OF CHANCE That
SETS, FOR OR AGAINST MEN

L. GouId's Methods ompodorr Wander.
bilt and III. Traaic Manager
Some OF the shrewdest m,rchaut, .u OLD.
town Nill tell yoI that there IS os,urslyan
element Of chance which sets for 0r .,..
men IN business affairs. One OF ther..i..,
men in this country before bis death to.I OLD.
most fascinating OF tales regarding tt,ray
If chance IN his experience This w..I.,
late Senator Miller, % California IItw9..
man Of superior business qualification DO
| pretty shrcwd judgment. ami far -utaI. r..
when ho came out II the army e.,r,t..n,
that he turgei his hand 10 failed. AMI ., "a
means of support he was obliged O. ....a
| government Office and no was rgjo.col nf.i
| Grant gave him the custom hous. 90 Sll
| Francisco. In that Office senator n
hoped To be- able 10 save enough .n the clu-.
Of a few years to put him on his feet a-n.
but ho found that be was sliding bacha4r.
He could not sec how or why, and le r.,
firmly impressed with the belief tha, ho 1873,
| born under an uulucky star
Sec now how ucs changes. ami how D..
| chance may shift about hke a weatherco..
| One day there came into Dr. Millor8 0niatn
| briny tar, with the smell p whalo oh on In,
| clothes and the roll oi % sea dog n his les.
| lie laid on the collectors dc.k % bit II fur.
and he aid that Le bad captured tnat skin
| himself and know where there were millions
more. To had gentle proposition CD mlla.
that the collector should charter and yic.ul
ship aud ego shocks with him l9 OBI.
profit that hc thought would heootl.r.
from selling these skins. 10 woldnIt
-l.,a ..ft tt l.. O.
and his proposition was about as WhI.n ..
like and hare braucc as any that Nr ST.
had ever listened tc. Ills bus,ness ...t....
told him 10 dismiss the man, bat "a. heu
his hand on the lur, which Was smoo,u...
the best silk velvet, &C. occurred 3D. .4
make the venture Tie Interested ,0H.
friends IN the schom. and they s.u. l...I.
tain. ~lth great doCbt as Geo iHcir Sanity.
| 30 doing, OF inp the mF,t.g, cd t. I..
sea and thus tle -roIt AilsiaSo1l I..-
pany was organized. and tle ,.u....
Miller fortune shifted from t. su...
wind OF di-lppo.r'mcnt ot.. i.... a..,.
erly W.uj, oi masnlio.l- n.HI....
Tho curious thing .aog. $50. t.. ...
that day Miller never MrI.. Il,.... r
yestment tu-t na3 r0l profitable. a...r.I
~ many III '"' "ti'A DIT" 1909 I'.tt. IT'D ..I
not besio" on -hii i.e attention a.l .l
ton which b. hid pNlUu.t -t.l i.U.l.r
that were uni"iiuni" n.Hi.r ZONES, .
Nevada, is auo,l,rof i.... .u..tn.u..
leads Inn i' leh.'e il ,-. 'tiI..". .u.HN
as am element ot business m.a. .l., Ur
misfortune into lae mu' Hudson l.,r
tunnel, into A, hun. uu.u- no Ms
Washington investments. u ..H utl etcry-
thing east ol ,ae k...F Mountain, which
tac senator bias m. hH mla.g, iat1 set
acllu,, L.m. alI b.. las -Dn millions
met away uko ic.c.e, n tlc sunlight blf
m q clln.s investments which Ls almost
th0u-Atus,.y made BOO mining properties DO
the British possess. IONS and Do Alaska, as w'l
as some apparently worthless stools 900 ~.
vadn mining property Nui'h ID loss years ago
he would have seen burned zap Niil... ID
sigh, chance has brought him neH fortune
The man who pg@cuOcs unto himself anr
set Of rules. or takes as = model tla career of
any man. VIII bo very likely 90 meet wilma
",Iip up. There was &. T. Stewart. wloas-
cribed his success to tho most patient atteu.
ti0ato trivial details buff William H. GrIoo
undertook 90 run bis colossal business as STOW
art did, ho would h2 irans:c n 90 "cr..
Stewart NOT only gas" or"rir ruo i'i3Nrb
them up % see % they were executed MT
Grace employs men VINO ne KNOWS VIII carry
oui sA de.aA ,ue plans winch he conce.yes.
That is also I'D some respects Ar pouia5
habit During tEo great southwestern strike,
IL which Ar Gol.ds property "as 80
seriously mperiled. D' was asked why ho
seemed To rest so easily. sad DE: We ON
pioy Nj hoNa lir h,-i's n'o inlofmed a.
10 results, ANA 10 Us his business TO look after
the details a colossal Dram t'cA.nS nu5i.
ness IL was, goo, anu o. uhHohD'aly hilsi
Hoxle. but MI. loud had h' "aolteI ih'
methods Of some succe'siNi business i'-eH'
would nave thouShs IL necessary lo H+''
penetrated AL th's' detaii' himself anu una.
would have brought on neuralgia hao
paralytic shock.
jus, 50 with Commodore Vanderbilt, AMI
so can illustrate % no better than 10 repeat
ono Of Chauncey NJ. Dercw's stories. said
be; Tho commodore heard oil "a young man
VINO was a lieisht agent ana q ren.A. @AO5
Dlisnt anu succ1S'iui "-c' % .no l-li' I"'
loHd Inc euap n'h S''v '' ..'0o '''". '''
eohprehe"uen 'uA' 'H' nn''ne'' VI 'o'7"-
transportation was t'ii.e'ulh- h'.Io tnah 'A'
han 81 Hua d.