Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-10-12
THE GREAT TALK CURE.
A Fable With More OF Fact Than
of Fiction In It.

of Fiction In It.
Geo. Ward was New York news
papcr man, which is equivalent 10 say
ing that he was not well of in this
worlds goods. and that he lived right
straight up to his income and very
often exceeded it One day when he
was taking his frugal lunch at a down
town restaurant, there sat opposite him
man who attracted his attention.
He was a keen-looking individual
who had an eagle eye that seemed to
look right through person when he
gazed at him. They got into CONVEX
sation and the conversation turned in
tho direction OF the possibilities of a
young man getting along in New York
City.
Ward thought that the proper place
for young man was out West and he
said that he had serious thoughts OF
emigrating to Kansas City or Minneap-
oils. which, after all, he thought, were
destined to be the great newspaper
towns OF America. Chicago was as
overcrowded as New York, he thought,
and the pace for an energetic young
man was one OF the growing cities Of
the great West.
"Pshaw." cried Rodgers, impatiently
--he had tod Ward his name was Rod
gers-'you are like every body else.
In the making Of money, locality has
no bearing whatever. Do you imagine
that Jay Gould would not have made as
much money II he had been in San
Francisco. and do you imagine that SEN
H.or Sharon would not have made as
much il he had been placed in New
York. Tle situation makes no differ
ence, the man makes all the difference
in the world. Some men would become
rich on a desert island, other men
would remain poor in Sinbad's valley
Of diamonds 1t is the easiest thing in
the world TO make money"
"Oh. it's easy enough to talk like
that" said Ward, somewhat nettled by
the tone OF the other" but it strikes
me that you can not have an overplus
OF wealth. otherwise you wouldn't be
dining at this restaurant.
"You are quite right" said the 9TH
or, Il am not wealthy, but I am just on
the threshold OF being wealthy"
"Oh. there are lots of fellows in
America in that fix" said Ward, with
the clnicism OF a newspaper man;
''there isn't man in America but what
is going to be rich some day."
Look here" said the other, "do
you want to become wealthy"
"D1 1; we'll, you can just bet your
last dollar on the fact that do"
Very we'll Now. l believe that you
are the man am looking for. l want
a fellow with good ready pen, who
can put an absurdity into plausible
shape. Can you do thatP"
Make big sensation with three
line head out OF nothing?" said the
other. "you bet can do it."
well. that's about what / mean,
answered Rodgers. "Now. of the nu-
merous ways OF getting rich. there are
two which arc dead certain. One, as
has been said before. is this: II you
can in any way contribute to the vices
Of your fellow-men you are sure to be-
come wealthy. Look at the wealth oil
the distillers. tho brewers and the TO-
bacco men. OF the Wall street men who
contribute TO the vice OF gambling, but
who do not gamble themselves. Now.
II had the patent on a new stimulant,
say in tho form of a pill, that being
taken. would give man all the pleas
ures and disadvantages of intoxlcation,
would make fortune"
"Isuppose you would" said Ward,
''still. l don't know that should care to
make money in that way"
"No, there is a certain humanitarian
feeling that prevents many good man
from going into that business. ] con-
fess do not share in 1t myself. and if
had the patent pill l should go into
tho business tomorrow, but. you see,
haven't the pill.
Then you are not going to wealth
by way of the pill box. are youP"
mo am not. Now. there is another
way of getting immensely rich, and that
is by humbugging people. There are
hundreds OF thousands of citizens in
this and every other country who wish
10 be humbugged. II you can humbug
them in an innocent way you have the
call on a portion of their wealth.
Nearly everybody thinks there is some
thing the matter with him. Look at the
tremendous amounts that have been
made out Of worthless patent medi-
cines. 1.-THE medicines contain in them
selves nothing harmful. it is my theory
that they sometimes do q great deal OF