The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-08-20

Tor him. The public is curious even
10 Know how he opens his letters and
puts on his shoes and what he has for
breakfast. An incogpito is impossi-
be. No riches do not bring happiness
o contentment."
Russell A.. Alger said "Men are
no napier when rich than when poor.
a m,iionaire 10 no happier when
driving q SoO,OOO horse than g clerk
driving . livery stable horse ON sun
day evenings with his best girl by his
side."
John w. Mackay said 81 am sur
prised that any n would for a mo-
ment think that riches brought hap
piness. l was happier during my
early struggles with poverty than /
have ever been since. | enjoyed the
toll, priyation and hardship L endured
to win wealth. When swinging-pic
and shovel as a miner [ was as happy
as / ever can be-"
Levi T.. Morton {: "When / was a
poor young man of twenty ears clerk
Ing In y country store L used to think
that II | ever got to be worth 300, 600 1
should be the happiest man alive.
NOW L am worth that and more, but
feel that am no happier than in my
poorer days"
I George w. Pullman said 81 am
certainly no happier than when L had
not a dollar that | could call my w
save that for which / worked from
morn till night. L can wear but one
suit OF clothes. L ate three square
meal o day then n can eat no more
now. Then / had no responsibilities
and could go to sleep when my head
touched the pillow. Now that have
vast interests and business cares rest
ing upon me, l cannot sleep like / did
then. L was happier then than I am
now"
And many others answered on the
same line. Now the question comes
up why don't they lighten the load.
If the surplus bring care and trouble,
why don't they stop trying to make it
bigger? Why not divide the re-
sponsibility? | know lots of men who
would help to carry the the load. In
fact, | would volunteer my own SER
vices. | don't understand why these
men all write one way and do another
way. But maybe it is the force OF hab.
it--like the poor fellow who had staid
in jail 80 long he wouldn't come out
when his time had expired. We all
X to see u man succeed in his bust
ness, but we like him still more if he
becomes his executor and does not hold
on to his riches until grim death has
to prize his hand open to make him lei
go. 1t seems to me there would be
great reward in helping the unfortu,
nate. Some men say that poverty and
misfortune come from bad conduct anC
bad management. Well, it does as 6
general rule, but there are 50 many ex
captions that 1t can hardly be called
rule. Good luck has made MANY s
man rich, but he thinks it was hi.
smartness. And bad luck has made
many a n poor. The Germans have
o word for an unlucky man that W.
have no equivalent for. They cal
him q schlemiel-that il q person wht
never prospers, with whom everything
goes wrong, misfortune has marked
him-bad luck follows him. Yet, a
though providence had pity on him
the schlemiel is always good nature,
and light-hearted. A smile illumi
mates his face, just such q smile as GU
wood hauler wears | reckon he is
schlemiel. But the good Lord shape
the back to the burden. The German
schlemiel is conscious of his misfor
tune n will say with u merry twin
kle OF the eye: ~ amt no gOot.
got no sense. | ish q schlemiel."
know some such ~people-good pee
pie they are, too, but bad luck has fol
lowed them ever since | knew them
bad luck in a money way, | mean, bu
| Ike to meet them they are so cheer
full and amiable and they laugh s
merrlly at "a Joke. BILL ARP.