The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-10-19
Srlrtt Miseellanu,
HOW MILLIONAIkES TRAIN THEIR
BRAINS.

HOW MILLTONAIkES TRAIN THEIR
BRAINS.
Five hundred years ago lack of cdura-
tion and the great cost of books made il
almost impossible for a man to rise to
wealth and power.
To-day, when newspaper costs Il cent,
and weekly ma game containing forty
or fifty thousand words can be obtained
for Il dime knowledge is within the reach
of all. The result is that .'sclf-made
men are so numerous as to cease to at
tract attention.
1t is a remarkable fact that almost with
out exception all successful men. whether
they have risen from the ranks or not
are voracious readers. Take Mr.. Glad
stone, for example. He seems to read ev-
erything. He is one of the largest book
buyers of our time, and his weekly bill
for newspapers, periodicals. and maga-
zines amount to many dollars.
John Wanamaker. who has one of the
largest shops in the world, says : Since
| was a boy have read everything that
came into my hands, and have been sur
irised how useful odd scraps of informa-
ton have proved When | was Young
man reading was regarded as waste of
time. To-day when | see a young fellow
papers know he is furnishing his brain
for success.
The reading powers of the Rothschilds
are famous. What RothSchild doesn't
not worth Knowing
\ striking example of the value of read
ing is evidenced by the success of Mr..
Cecil Rhodes, who in few years has be
come the richest and most powerful man
in Africa.
Lobengula described him as "A man
who eats Il whole country for his break
fast and sits amidst clouds of paper"
He seems to do nothing but read" re-
marked a visitor, who had the pleasure of
staying with him for Il couple of days
Speakin" of the subject himself, Mr..
Rhodes says: when my income was on
ly two pounds a week frequently spent
from fifteen ShiIIngs to pound week
on periodicals and magazines. could
not afford books Nv friends thought |
was mad
The late Mr. Nanderhuilt remarked:
The old days. when men made fortunes
by putting one penny on the top of anoth
er are gone. The man who makes money
nowadays is the quick thinker. While the
oldfaShoned plodder is schemin" how to
save IA cent on his weeks board bill, the
new man, who doesn't seem to work half
as hard, and is always reading. evolves a
scheme by which he makes million cents
But nevertheless ploddn@ is Just aS
necessary to-day as it always was.
TYSON the Australian millionaire, once
observed reading is to the brain what the
Strop is to the razor When a man asked
him how he made his millions he pointed
to corner of his library where there was
a huge pile of papers, illustrated and 9th
erwi~c from the old country.
At one time it was Il common thing for
men who could not read or write to make
small fortunes. They never made large
ones. Such thing as an illitcratc mill
ionairc never existed. but here and there
one found men of this kind, who by dint
of enormous labor had accumulated Il
comparatively small property To-day
e,
The improvements in journals for youn"
people is largely responsible for the great
number of ..Sclf-madc men one meets
when was boy" remarked old
Peabody. my uncle, who in the course of
tifty wears had accumulated something
like $1,000 thraShcd me because, instead
of saving money. wasted it on cheap
books and magazines. | told him that
could not afford to save money until |
had increased my knowledge and brain
power, whcrcupon he thraShcd me again.
Pcabodv'S fortune amounted to several
millions.
\ millionaire who has raised himself
from an humble position to one of enor-
nous wealth and power. in addressing
worllingman institute on this subject, re
marked: THE fact is gentlemen, that
what one wants nowadays is general
knowledge. When | was Il Young man
what is called drSultorv reading was re-
~ardcd as pcrnicious Things have chang
ed since then. We used To regard bleed
inc aS the great cure for all human all
mcnts. People in those days would not
travel in trains because they thonght the
tunnels would stllc them. We have
learnt wisdom then in many things, and
we recognize that deSulotorv reading
AS it is called, is the best kind of reading
Instead of training the mind on one sub
iect only, it provides Us with information
of every type"
How did YOU make your fortune"
asked a man of Lrbaudv, the French sugar
king "Wrll, replied the millionaire. Il
used to 90 to bed at eleven and read till
one.