The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-06

the bricks for a pittance. Presently he
started on in the world as clerk IN book
store at 81 % a week, increasing that to
81 80 a week later on 10y obtaining place
as A salesman in a clothing store. He left
this 10 become errand boy in another store
of the same sort, called Tower Hall, p"
where he succeeded so well that ne as
again and again promoted with frequent
changes of salary. He STAYED there five
wears, and at night conducted little paper
called EUerybOdPs Journal, for which he
got subscriptions and advertisements. He
also made cologne and b tiled and sold it,
By instinct monev getter, he had saved
81, 900 when he was 20 years old. As far as
that goes his secret is the one common to
ninety rich men in every hundred,
that Of living as tar within his income as
possible.
At about the time of his reaching MS
majority. two or three years before the
war, his health broke down, and he trav-
elei in the south. With his health restored,
ne returned to Philadelphia, became s4c.e-
tarv of the Young Mems Christian AssO-
citation, and was Induced by his father to
become a master brlckmaker. The work
and life were too mOnotonous Ia part err
snip with his brother-il-llw, Nathan
Brown, he opened the "Oak Hall" clothing
st9re on April s. 1861.
The Wauamaker OF that house is now his
younger brother William. In 1859 John es-
tablished a clothing business at SlS and S2)
Chestnut street. That store is now the
property of another br thsr, Samuel NJ.
Wanamake-. John Wanamaker ls under
stood to be interested in both these concerns,
but his one store-the great Wanamaker
stores thai which he started in the old
freight house of toe Pennsylvania railroad,
Mt Thirteenth and Market streets, in March,
1876. The whole ale u mess was added 10
> is,1 ctA i. II ia fHA q ii q
of John Wanamaker & Go. TIE GO" cor
sits Of Robert c. Og Zen aud Mr. T. b.
Wauamaller, the eldes. son OF the head Of
ne hou g, youth Of @6 years. Combining
the wholesale and retail stores of John
Wanamaker makes him in all probability
the head Of the largest dry goods business
IN the country
WILLIAM H. h. MILLER.
w liam Henry Harris III Miller was Gsn.
Harrlson's law partner, and is lawyer Of
high standard in Indianapolis About ton
years ago he was resident Of Fort Wayne
Ind, where e had an excellent law prac-
tice. Mr. Miller is not aggressive, but has
plenty OF backbone. Mr.. Miller has never
held a prominent public Office, and en-
ters upon an entirely new experience in
Washington, but he is a worker and will
soon become master of the business before
him. Though he is as little known outside
dents advisers, he will exert strong, if
quiet, and conservative Influence.
Mr.. Miller is rath under the med u n
height, of average build and bout 50 years
of age. He i. in the full vigor Of his men
tai powers. He is a wester man by birth
and education and Am arcal in every fiber.
Though he is named after the first President
Harrison, the grandfather of his chief. it is
nowhere stated that there is any family
| connection between them.
JEREMIAH Milan RUsK.
jeremiah Mclain RuslI vas b IN in Nor
gan county, Ohio, in 1890. His early life
was spent on a farm. Il 1853 he moved TO
| Wisconsin and engaged in farming pursuits.
In 1862, during the war, lie entered the
| union army and was commissioned majoi
of the Twenty-tifth Wisconsin regime t,
| rose to the rank of Northumberland anC
served with &c William f. Sherman from
the siege of Vicksourg till tie close # the
war. In 1865 he received the brevet VI
| brigadier-general of volunteers for meii
tJTious service al the battle of Salkehatchie
MIR. Risk was elected bank comptroller OF
| Wisconsin in 1856, which pot ne Heid til
| 1870, Ia which year he was elected uem-
| Der of co gress by the republicans lie
| served three term, and a. clalrmal OF
pensions performed important services in
roaljustiug tha pension rates
President Gacfi Ii offered him tho post Of
charge d'affaires in Paraguay and Uruguay
also chief of the bureau OF engraving and
! printing, bota of which offers ne declined
In 1882 he was elected governor of Wiscon.
sin, and served three terms