The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-11

have had who were reared in the country
Don't you notice how the men from the
country keep crowding you out here-you
who have wealthy fathers? These young
men from the country are turning things
around and are taking your city We men
from the country are willing to do more
work. We were prepared by our experience
to do hard work. l remember a little time
ago was in the country and saw car
penter placing mineral wool under the
roof of city servants bedroom, so that
the man should not feel the heat of sum-
mer or hear the patter of the raindrops on
the roof. While l could not see the shin
giles, / remember I could peep through the
cracks in them. 1t was pretty hot In the
summer, up there, too, I can tell you. But
l think 1 was better for all that sort of
experience for having been reared in the
country in that sturdy, practical way, and
my heart is sometimes full of sadness as
contemplate the condition of number of
young fellows in this city whom l happen
to know well.
"They are in the embarrassing position
that their fathers have great sums of
money, and those boys have not a ghost of
chance to compete with you who come
from the country and who want to do
something in the world You are in train
ing now to shortly take the places of those
young men. l suppose you cannot realize
great is the increasing interest that is
taken in you. You may not think that
when you are lonely and find it difficult to
get a footing. But 1t is true that in a
place like this true interest is taken in
you, and when 1 left the sehoolhouse 1
came into place similar to this, where |
associated with people whom ii was good
to know. Nothing better could have hap
pened to me-
spoke just now of the struggle for sue
cess What is success? Is it money?
Some of you have all the money you need
to provide for your wants. Who is the
poorest man / know of is the man who
has nothing but money, nothing else in the
world upon which to devote his ambition
and thought. That is the sort of man I
consider to be the poorest in the world.
Money is good If you know how to use il.
Now, let me leave this little word Of
counsel for you. Keep a little ledger as
l did Write down in 1t what you receive
and do not be ashamed to write down what
you pay away. See that you pay ii away
in such a manner that your father or
mother may look over your book and see
just what you did with your money. It
will help you to save money, and that
you ought to do. When l spoke OF a poor
man with money 1 spoke against the pow
erty Of that nsen who has no affection for
anything else, or thought for anything else
but money. That kind of man does not
help his own character, nor does he build
up the character OF another.
Before leave you / will read few
items from my ledger. I find in looking
over il that l was saving money all this
time, and in the course Of few years
/ had saved a thousand dollars Now. as
TO some Of my expenses. ! see that from
Nov "a, 1865, TO April, 1875, paid for cloth
ing 5000. / see also, here, another item
which 1 am inclined to think is eXtrava-
CANT, because / remember ] used TO wear
mittens, The Item is a pair OF fur gloves
for which l paid $3.50 In the same Pc
Rod ] find I gave away 5.5S In one
month ] gave to foreign missions 10 cents:
10 the Mite Society, 80 cents, and there Is
also a contribution to the Five Points Mis-
sion. ] was not living then In New York
bus suppose l felt that II was Ia need OF
help, so l sent up ~ cents TO the mission
Then TO the venerable teacher of nv
class ! gave So cents TO make him pres
ent. To the poor people OF the church I
gave 10 cents at this time and I'm Tanu-
airy and February following gave 10 cents
more, and further 10 cents 10 the foreign
missions. Those contributions small az
they were, brought me into direct contact
with philanthropic work and with Inc
beneficial work and aims Of religious in
sututiOns. and / have been helped there
hy greatly an my life. n d mistake for
"a man 10 think that he will wnit untii
he has made fortune before giving away
money TO deserving objects" Great ap-
plausc)