Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-22

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| belonged to the second precinct general
| ieehng OF uneasiness prevails among the OH
/ ciais. lhey dlstrust the men and are prepar-
ing Tor emergencies. General Superintendent
Warren is doing all he can to propitiate every
employe of the freigh. depot
otil His First Thousand Dollars.
From the Chicago News
While Luther Latin Mills was going through
some old papers the other day he found a very
interesting document from the pen OF the
lamented Emory A. Storrs, which is reproduced
below.
| Il do not know exactly what called forth
these utterances from Mr.. Storrs," said Mr..
Mills, but apprehend that they were in reply
| TO some young man who wrote the brilliant
| lawyer for advice as to the best way of invest
| ing a sum OF money which he had in his pos
session.
The manuscript is as follows:
There are several answers to your question:
| One boy takes his 81 600. spends il either
IN foreign travel or in the cultivation and i'm
Provement of bis mind and manners at home
AZ the age OF thirty-one, if he is consistent in
| this course, he has laid the foundation for a
long career OF usefulness and honor and what
| ever at his death his bank account may be- he
! has achieved something for the good of man.
| KIND for which the world will always CRATE
| fully remember him. The high spirit the
clear head, the sharp intellectual discrimina-
ton between right and wrong which his travel.
culture and education have given him il q
capital ms much better than bank stock al gold
| ID Detter than BRASS. No reverses Of fortune
| can take it from him. No financial
panlcs can rob him Of 1t. 1t is his and his
children's forever.
| The other boy lays up his $1,000; he
doubles 1t he triples it. What OF it? What
| kind of a man is he at the age of tbirty-one2
The mere money-getter is the sorriest spectacle
on Gods green earth. Leisure is dreadful to
| him. DE leaves nothing behind him but money,
and that his children waste. The glory of this
world ID not In corner lots nor bank stocks No
great man whom the world today reverences is
remembered because he was rich. The saddest
| spectacle on this earth is that of q man diving
on his pile OF greenbacks, which he cannot
carry with him, while his legatees are counting
his coin even as the breath escapes from his
| body.
But suppose that your saving boy loses his
stock; suppose as often happens through no
fault OF his. values melted away where
| is he then? A bankrupt, hopelessly and ire
trievably ruined.
| answer that the man of cultured mind and
that broad and liberal spirit which travel and
education give cares but little about it. If the
father desires to sell his daughter that is his
puslness-and his daughters. She may start
by marrying the compound interest chap in
palace but statistics show that in nlnety-nine
cases out OF one hundred she will wind UP in a
novel. This father OF this daughter can take
his choice.
Finally, no men recognize the worth, value
anu spiehoor OF strong native business genius
nal1 SO much rs educated men. Don't despise
nor underrate it. 1t will always help you. It
VIII never hurt you. Stocks and cash and cor
ner lois are well, but they not all that there
ls OF TINS word. nor nearly all Our great
men have lived without them and died without
them, but the world loves them still Creesus
was very rich, but the generations of three
thousand years have despised him. Socrates
was wretchediy poor, but for two thousand
years the world has loved him. You buv and
Sell cattle and at liberty to do SO because OF
what ne taught two thousand years ago."
The Two Horatios.
From the Boston Herald
In the Herdtds description of the Grand Army
parade, August II, occurs this paragraph:
The George c. Strong Post Of Brooklyn fled
by with number of well-known men in its
RANKS. Among them was that dashing soldier
and good comrade, Gen. Horatio C. King, jr,
the poet of the Army of the Potomac"
Here Is another and not infrequent instance
OF confounding father and son. In the first
place, there Is no person named Horatio c.
hing, Jr., but there is q Horatio King and a
Horatlo &. King. who are often mentioned by
the press. one for the other and this mistake
Will probably continue TO be made SO long as
Doth shall iive If either is entitled to be called
the poet of the Army of the Potomac" it is
HoratIo King, who held tbs office of Postmaster
General at the close Of President Buchanan's
administration, and who gave the poem at the
meeting OF the army Of the Potomac in Port
land on the Sd Of July last. This poem of no
lines was printed III full in the evening edition
OF the Herald of that day. It was a matter of
marked comment that lie recited every line of
II without once referring to the text.
The Grand Army Gazette saws: Mr. King.
whose silvery locks alone bespeak his advanced
age. was received with rounds of applause and
proceeded to recite with great fervor and ad-
mirabie effect his poem. His clear ringing
voice could be distinctly heard throughout the
great hall. He was frequently interrupted BY
applause and received genuine ovation at the
close
\ Mr.. John C. Freund, editor OF the American
Musician. writes of the poet Of the occasion"
that The stood up and delivered a poem of
great literary merit with the fire and ell husasm
OF young man. can still see his spare form
swaying and hls hand outstretched trembling
with emotion. moving rapidly to represent the
huttering of the flag, as he detained the |
peroration:
Flag Of our free, united land !
float on! fOat ont DER and strand!
We greet thee. seen away from home
IN foreign clinles, whe e'er roam,
with pride and satisfaction pure,
SIZED and safeguard. str ong and sure.
Float on. float on no longer fear!
Al! heirts are with thee far and hear.
Float on float on! from shore to shore,
Float on! hoat on for cvermoren
''As he finished the audience of yeterans
rose to their feet and cheered him again and |
again."
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