The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-30

hone you young men are all careful.
believe IL IS a religious duty TO get all
the money you can. get 1t fairly, religious
ly and honestly-and give away all you
can.
u would not dare 20 let you read TINS
book. NV children read It, and said that
| didn't speel toothbrush correctly.
haven't seen this book for twenty-five
years. You couldn't get ii from me FOR all
the modern ledgers in New York and what
they would bring in.
1T reports what received and paid OUT
for several years. Here is an item:
Income from December 26. 1855, to
January %. 56................''..''..' 20,
And lived within my income. out or
that I paid my washerwoman, the lady
with whom boarded, and L saved little
and put il away.
ONE CENT TO SUNDAY SCHOOL
II see that | paid in the Sunday school
every Sunday one cent. Ii was all hah
20 give | had a large increase In reVe-
nue. the next year. 1t was Increased 20
month.
II was as Independent in those days as
Mr.. Astor. But when l got that increase
| felt guilty. | felt like criminal ike
a capitalist We had no trusts or capital
lists in those days.
Il remember the clothes | bought. /
didn't patrOnize a fashionable tailor.
bought my clothes from cheap clothier
The clothes were good and such as
could pay for. Let me give you WORD
of advice Live within your means.
Curiosity prompted Mr.. Rockefeller mere
10 ask all those TO raise their hands VINO
had come to New York from the coun-
try. Ninc-tenths OF the young men rais-
ed their hands to the evident pleasure OF
the speaker
"Citv men haven't had the struggles
we had who came from the country, ne
said. Two days ago | had talk WIN
a carpenter who was going to make
building comfortable where help was go
ing TO sleep There were two big spaces
which he closed with mineral wool so the
damp wouldn't come in he said. Then on
the next floor he showed me two spaces
he was also going to close with wool.
so that as he expressed IT, the sleeper
there. a houseman. would not have 10
hear the raindrops fall upon the root
This seemed TO afford Mr.. Rockefeller
infinite amusement.
WHY" he said. "the carpenters sug-
gestion made me think OF my own eXpe-
riences when sleeping under the roor.
know | heard the rain fan. and when 1
looked up / could see the shingles. ana
I'm one place q big crack through when
the sky was visible. IL was pretty not
there in summer. but 1 preferred summer
OIL the whole. r.
81 think | was better for that sort OF
ovnerience and my heart Is full OF sad
ness as I contemplate the condition CT
number Of young fellows that kho" III
this city. Their fathers have plenty "a
money. but the boys have not the shosl
90 a chance in competing with you VINO
came rom the country. They'll &c DOWN
81 ,-.ttfu taka their places
MEANING OF SUCCESS.
"What IS SUGGEST Is il to get money!
We'll. is that success? The poorest man
know is the man who has nothing but
money. II had my choice to-day. III be
n man with little or nothing but pur-
pose in life.
..Tt's not the money Itself that Is so
miserable Money is good II you know
how to use IT, Let me give you little
word Of counsel. Know just what you
receive and how you spend 1t. write
down Just what you do with 1t and don't
be ashamed TO let your fathers and
mothers see what you have written
down.
I'm a year or two / managed 10 save
nearly $1,000. Here is an item as to
clothes. My clothing from November
1850, 10 November, 1856 cost me just 1903
| Here - one OH Oh 'AtlhHd- dhNt "HAN'
had quite escaped my memory, pair or
fur gloves, 81 Here are other items
Mittcns ....... .... ...... 80 shlililgS
Given away .ss.s-.soo'
Missionary cause, November 2Jth.... ID
Ministerial student ...... .............. 10
Night Society ........... ........''..... 40
Sabbath school -. ..... .......... ...... 10
Present 10 Sabbath-school superin-
tendent ........ ...... ..... ............ 20
Il YVES living In Cleveland then. and
must have felt sorry for New York. Here
| is an item: Five Points Mission, II cents.
I'VE had a little paper published by the
| Sunday school called the Macedonian. l
| subscribed TO that. There was a yener-
able teacher of my class. Scotchman.
| and a great Bible student. He Is down
| for twenty-five cents.
"All these little things helped me TO
| come into sympathy with many under
| takings. both religious and phlanthropic.
| Nv opinion Is that no man can trust him
| self to wait until he has accumulated q