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accounts showed him that he could AFFORD 10

accounts showed him that he could AFFORD 10
take the world moro easily. He 10 .
millionaire now. Levi p. Morton - about
sixty-three years old. Twenty-Five years
ago, when he was thirty-eight or thirty
nine, he founded his banking house. He
was tifty-oue when his wealth enabled him
to devote part Of his time TO public life.
His great stroke was made when he
established his London house In 1858, ana
soon afterward went into the syndicate for
funding the United States debt he was
past forty-three then. Charles Croker was
past forty when he began TO be millionaire
Edward r. Jones, the rich scale maker and
LieutenantGovernor of this State, was
born in ISIS. He began his business career
at the close Of the war, and was long past
forty when he became rich. henry b.
Courtney, the marble millionaire. now dead,
started with fifty dollars In fs53 when
thirty-three years old He was beyond
middle life when he got his pile.
John B. Slawson, the car-fare box In
ventor, was twenty-five years old when he
went to New Orleans in 1910 from this
State. There he slowly made his way up
ward But for the war he would have
pushed his invention at forty SIX years OF
age, but he had to wait and he was past fifty
when his big money began TO pour in. His
friend Stephenson, the horse car builder,
also millionaire, had to wait for middle
age to get great riches. So did the elder
Bennett, Of the Herald, so did Hon. Oswald
Ottendorfer, and so did the late Marshall q
Roberts.
Jay Gould's early life was failure, but
this phase of it was very short. he was
born in 1881, and went into Lpeculating in
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twenty-eight years old. He was very sue
cessful, and made use Of the war, when II
broke out, to give large returns on small or
shrewd speculations. His fortieth year
found him, in his present opinion, only
starting in life. but the world already
knew him as a master money maker, for he
had been more than three years president
Of the Erie railroad, and his associate, Fisk,
had startled America with his share Of the
partnership.
Samuel j. Tilden made his first consider
able money as q lawyer, but he was moro
than forty years old before he put other
aspirations aside for the time and began
that devotion to his profession which was
quickly distinguished by his connection
with tho greatest law causes OF the day.
He was forty-one when, in 1853, he was
defeated as a candidate for Attorney Gen
eral Of the State After that came has
greatest legal triumphs, and after them bis
still greater financial operations.
The Standard Oh fortunes nearly al
prove the rule. Mr.. Rogers made bis share
Of that pile while younger than forty years
old. but Messrs. Rockefeller. S,arbuck and
Flagler were beyond that age when they
grew rich. In Philadelphia, George w.
Childs is probably an exception. He Is only
sixty years old and has been rich more
than twenty years; but John Wansmaker
only began the making OF bis fortune in
1876, when be was thirty -e!ght- He was
nearer fifty than forty wben be became real
ly rich.
Augustin DAILY il fifty-two years old he
was thirty-four when he began bis brave
struggle with tie dramatic company that
is now world famous. Wealth dId sot reach
him till be was beyond forty. The ministry
contains numerous examples that are 70
the point. Rev. DR.. John Hal was thirty
eight years Old when he came 20 Anerca
On the mission that introduced hln here
He was thirty nine when OF bis return 20
Europe he received and accepted The fat
tering offer that made h4o the recipient OF
q salary when professional men conside.
the making Of fortune Rev. DIR. Tal>
mare was as ed Hksn he began 70 fso
90 was Beecser; 20 vas DR.
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