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born to it he cannot hope to lave it if
ne is unwilling to save it,"
The late Robert Bonner used to say,
h young men of to-day want to eat
their cake and nave it. They want to
live at the best hotel in town. belong to
all the clubs, go in the first society, and,
at the same time, see heir bank rolls
pile up. They will never do it. l saw
year saved a great deal more. l kept
on patronizing the savings banks until 1
deposited $1,000 a week."
George Gould is probably the poorest
example OF a self-made man, for he is
not a self-made man at all in the usual
acceptance OF the term. He was born
OF a millionaire father, who, when he
died left him h amounted to SIG, O00,-
OOO. Jay Gould gave George 49, 900, 900
more than he gave his other children as
an equivalent for the services which Geo.
Gould rendered his father during the last
five years of his life.
Yet II you will glance along memory's
pages, you will see nat it is not always
the rich son who remains a rich man. 1t
IS always easy to get rid of money.
Chauncey NJ. Depew says, Amy man
can make money. but it is not every man
who can save it,"
George Gould has husbanded the fam
lily interests in such a way that the Gould
money is probably double to-day that
which it was when the head of the fam
lily died.
Cornelius Vanderbilt LIST $50, OOo. uvt of
the fortune of the family during hisslife-
time. William H. Vanderbilt left $780,
DOC. 900 approximately. when he died. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt did not leave over $780,
OOO, 600. George Gould by his daily trans
actions in Wall street, continues to in
crease the family millions, so that at the
age of forty he is probably one of the
most remarkable men of to-day. And
he is considerably less thar forty.
William c.. Whitney has always trod
the primrose path of success, but he
planted the primrose himself and water
ed them daily. AS a young lawyer it
was ambition to become q corporation
counsel, and for a while he worked so
hard that his wife insisted that her
father must help him or he would work
himself to death. But young Whitney
shat his teeth together in that character
istic way of his, took down his law books
lamp and worked till morning. He was
getting ready for 1.-The opinion which he
knew he could one day give. To-day any
corporation would pay William c. Whit
ney $4,000 for a legal opinion. And in
deed he has refused many such oliers
To Wall street go ali r:.s men and
these men are represented by the brok-
ers who go to the Stock Exchange and
wildly saw the air in the interest of their
patrons. BY tickets INC messengers,
they keep the millionaire in his office
supplied with information, and when the
word comes back to 'sell' they rush
back and fall over one another in their
with the money who sit in the high office
buildings with their fortunes hanging
upon the brokers' success. 1t is not eX-
actly gambling. The stocking merchant
CANDLES, if you want to call it that, when
he buys stocks in the spring which he
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-02
How TlGy NJ adG Their millions
AND HOW MILLIONS CAN BE MADE AGAIN IN THE GOOD OLD WAY AS
THESE MEN DID IT.

When Jay Gould died it was found tina
he had amassed $50, 900. O0O,' at a low esti-
mate, so invested that it was all cold
cash." And it was declared at that time
that no man could ever do the same again
in the same number Of years. Jay Gould
at thirty was a poor man; at fifty he had
his many millions. Experts on financial
matters moralized upon this by saying
that conditions had SO changed in this
country that it was impossible for a man
again, in a more matured civilization, to
go to work and make the same fortune
again in the same length of time.
But events ave proved that this is not
the case.
New millionaires are springing up all
the time and the name of the milliOnaires
of to-day would have been strange names
a year ago.
Russell Sage has often said hat he saw
no reason why every man could not be-
come a milhonaire: Mark you,' says he,
II know that every man will not become
a millionaire. Actually there is not
enough money in tie world to supply ev-
cry living man with million dollars but
every man who wants to become a
millionaire ca II do so. If he wants his
millionaire can dc so. If e wants his
million bad enough to work for it and to
save for it, he will get it; that is about
all there is to it-working in the right di-
rection and saving-principally saving.
Il worked for my brother in a grocery
store seventy years ago, and I saved my
pennies. In a little while l was able to
buy a partnership. 1t was slow work.
A young man of today at the age of
twenty-five would not think of engaging
in a business which did not profit him
more than $15 a week. I was glad to
work for $15 a week, even in my own
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-02

business: BY and by l got enough mon
ey together to increase my business. l
found | could do a Wholesale business
with the grocers who came down from
the north and We're glad to buy in Troy
instead of going all the way to New York
city. My grocery became a middle
house.
There was not money enough for me
in the grocery business after a few years.
and when | was about forty | Went down
to New York and got into Walt street. I
had my million by that time, and when I
saw a good chance to buy stocks bought
and ! used careful judgment. l worked
early and late and that is the way l came
to be q rich man. Work and economy
are the keynotes of success. Don't get
discouraged, young man, but keep right
on"
Andrew Carnegie tells pretty much the
same story. His line of work was in the
trades. He was a telegraph operator.
and a very Industrious one. He saved
his money and saw a chance to get a rail-
road interest iii Pennsylvania. He be-
came employed in a steel works in Pitts
burg. and soon rose to be the oNerseer.
It was a steppin"-stone for a man of
brains and Industry. He mounted to
the top and became the owner. IT wasn't
done in a year nor in ten years, but at
the age of Fifty Mr.. Carnegie owned the
business. The other partners gradually
Withdrew while he. with his savings,
bought more of the stock.
John D. Rockefeller had what is called
a meteoric rise. but there was a great
deal Of hard work in It. Fancy the posi-
tion of a poor bookkeeper VIC finds him
self q small owner In an oil we'll. The
we'll was not yielding very much. and
the partners. who were all poor young
men. wanted to sell, but Mr.. Rockefeller
said, NO, I have saved enough so that
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The story Of how Richard Croker made
ms money, for he is now a rich man, is
told in various ways, and his enemies
nave made great capital out of it. He
himself lays, Il never made a dollar dis
honestly and all his friends, and a
great many of his enemies, admit that
this is true. Il made my money! said
he. Through my friends, for one thing.
II ! did a man a favor, the man stood
ready to do me a favor in return: and
50. by making myself popular, l got BUSH
ness. When ! was appointed to public
positions l did the work SO Well thai they
appointed me again, and in all the politi-
cal trouble in which / have been involv-
ed. no man has been able to point to me
and say, You robbed me-"
Mr.. Croker is now in Wal street. He
is stock owner in many corporations, in
Guiding the famous auto-truck mpa
for the placing of horseless vehicles in
the express companies in the United
states. as we'll as trucks of all descrip-
tions for carriage. His in interested in
many smaller business and is a man
with many irons in the fire." all of
which he keeps warm.
C. p. Huntington made his money by
striking a gold vein. But as he himself
says, there were others with him at that
time who also found gold, yet who died
poor men. When young Huntington
found his gold in that anlou year of 40
he did not carry it to the nearest town
there to turn it into money for himself
to squander in drink. But he saved the
money, hired men to help him dig more
gold. and associated himself with suc
sterling men as Fair, Hearst. Croker
and later with Mackay. Again 1t was a
matter of economy. Mr.. Huntington
says, There is no such thing as a for
tune without saving. Unless q man is
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I can afford to hold on to my share and
work it,
Any your prosperous man on
the nex block-finds it necessary to v
the first few years. He must pinch
and husband every penny or he will lack
it just at the homer when he needs it
most. 1t is said that young Rockefel-
Ter when he was married, lived in one
room, and that Mrs. Rockefeller was ac-
quainted with the family washing. If
this is true, the gospel of economy ave
we'll worked until it was a great affair,
and money was coming in, first at the
rate of a hundred dollars a day, then a
thousand, t~hen-nobody knows how
much.
Every man can not have an oil we'll,
but every MAJ can work as James r.
Keene worked. He made his millions
by a hard struggle. He did not strike
oil; he did not discover a gold mine; no.
body died and left him anything, and he
never married money. He worked as a
miner and mad his daily wages; he
worked as a reporter and got paid at the
employ of a financier who saw that he
had a ~bookkeeper who knew how to
handle money we'll. He worked so
faithfully he got enough money together
to make a little money for himself: n
after you get a little the rest is easy.
1T is the first thousand.' said Rich
ard Croker. 'After the first thousand
any man a get rich. 1 worked and
saved for years, bringing up a family
and getting along as we'll as T could.
Until twenty years ago l don think my
wife and | ever spent an extra five cents.
My wife saved it, and l CAV it to her to
keen"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-02
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Board.
of County Commissioners of Silver Bow
County invites sealed proposals for the
care, support and maintenance of the
sick, poor and iniirm of said county. per
capita. by the week, for the year Begin
ming January l, 1900. and ending Decem-
Der 81, 1900; said proposals to include the
entire cost of feeding, clothing and nurs-
ing of the sick, poor and infirm, and the
burial expenses: the county to furnish
free, the county poor farm and buildings.
beds, bedding, ETC.. also medicines. med
zeal and surgical appliances and a pnysi-
clan: the contractor to furnish fuel, good
and substantial food and clothing.
Proposals to be addressed to ]. b.
Moran, Clerk of the Board. ard filed with
said clerk not later than Wednesday.
December q, 1899. at 10 O'Clock a. M. The
board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
]. f. MORAN,
County Clerk,
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Mining Application Nc. 4,1E7.
United States Land Office, Helena,
Montana, November 10, 1899.

United States Land Office, Helena,
Montana. November 10, 1899.
Notice IS hereby given that Conrad
Kohrs, whose postoffice address is Deer
Lodge, Montana. has this day filed an
application for patent, notice o. which
was posted thereon on the 10Th day OF
October. 1899. for 1.1sl linear feet, the
ga me being for 22S feet westerly and 953
feet in easterly direction from the point
Of discovery on the Illinois No. 2 Lode
Mining Claim. situated in Summit VAL
ley (unorg.) Mining District. Silver Eow
County. Montana, the position, course,
and extent of the said mining claim. des-
ignated by ar official survey thereof, as
Sur. No. 5S9S. T. 3 N, r.. 8 w, being
more particularly set forth as follows.
to-wit: beginning at the southeast corr
ner, a porphyry stone o2x10x6 inches. set
is inches deep. marked 1-569S for Corner
No. !, with mound Of earth alongside,
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hopes to sell in the summer. That is
the way the Wall street man does it
he buys something that he wants to sell
at a better price later on.
1t is a great game, but you must econ
omize when you are young if YOU hone
ever to play it.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-11
A TERRIBLE PLANT.
It Grows in Mexico and Its Tonic
Properties Are Deadly In
Effect.

Among the plants Of the earth prob
ably none possess stranger properties
than the talaratch of Mexico, Its tox
nc effects are remarkable as those as.
cribed to the tabled waters of the
lethe. only do they differ in that in.
stead OF deSt roying he memory of the
past. as the Letheon potion was sup.
posed TO do. the taiayatch works q de.
Struciion Of the memory Of the things
to come. and does not affect i he mem
oTy of the past. The victim knows no
more of time. but that which is in tn,
I?alst before he has quaffed this st TRANCE
and awful decoction. The physical
functions are in no wise disturbed by
it's administra ton. but the mind hence
forth becomes no longer receptive. and
passing events are not noted by it. Ind
no record is made in the nea m Of rea
son as to what transpres. The vic
tim often lives for years after having
been "talavatched." but always lives
In the past. Past delights are mostly
dwelt upon and conveTsed a bout. Sad
indeed Is the case Of a member Of the
royal family Of Mexico. relic Of the
days OF the empire. who for years has
been the victim Of the effects Of this
wonderful drug. She wac poisoned
with it by an unfaithful eervant. and
to-day lives In strict seclusion. still in
her mind the proud, poeeessor Of all
the privileges Of her departed nobility
There is in Texas n plant Of q similar
speries known as the loco weed. which.
when eaten by horses, always renders
them insane. but produces no impair
urent Of body. '"'-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-11
THE OYSTER IN EUROPE.
soAs Places where the succule1t
Bivalve II Reared aAd
Highly Prixed.

An oyster feast is held every year al
Colchester, England. but this years
feast was the greatest on record. A
special train carried down the guests
from London. and. says the Weelmin-
HeT Gazette. besides the duke Of Cam
bridge. the lord mayor of London nd
has sheriffs and the lord provost of
Edinburgh were among those intent
on playing the walruS and the car
penter with the waiting oysters. The
picturesque old town was en- fete. and
gay with flags and soldiers. The frs,
function was the laying Of the. corner
stone Of the Tower hall. which is to be
a commodious and handsome building
with clock tower Then followed the
grandeet Oyster banquet ever held in
England. '; -
Apropos. the Sketch celebrates the
oyster at length. saying In the course
CT 1te article: The most Interesting
experiments in. Oyster culture. have
been made in Holland. The Dutch DOS
sessed splendid, natural beds amone
the islands of Iceland. and in the,
iAuyder Zee. but excessive dredging had
almost exha uSt ed them In 1870 If wa.
determined to try the. effect of oyster
culture. In the neighborhood. of Yer
seke, IN, that part of q he, island OF. Beve.
land where the Ooeter .Srhaldt washes
the Drowned Land" oyster fisherie.
were withdrawn. fnom the public and
leased out for IS years to oyster cul-
turists at an inclusive yearly rent al OF
about G1.700. So successful was the
experiment that in 1885 the Fisheries
were released at an inclusive yearly
rental OF. about f2s.00O More than
this. whereas 25 yearsago there were
only poor hamletS in the neighborhood,
OF the oyster fisheries. prosper out vii.
Iagee have now sprung up and the
Dutch native" fairly disputes t he palm
FOR excellence of flavor with the Brit
iHh-born oyster.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-11

such cases 1t was customary for the
owner OF the watch to suspend it
from tree near the trail leading to
the mines SO that bis companions
could tell the time Of day. At d
camp near Camptonville q gold watch
and chain valued at $500 remained
suspended to tree on the main trail
throughout the dry season for several
successive years and was never mo-
lested.-Ex.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-11
Miners Uuwritton Laws,

The general law of the Jungle finds
its counterpart in the Yukon region
in the unwritten law of the cache.
An explorer may hang his coat, bouts,
accoutrements or any personal be.
longings in tree, and find them there
when he returns, even IL weeks have
elapsed. $50 -
A cache OF provisions ia similarly
respected, with the modification that
= hungry man may open il and take
food sufficient for his needs, first
building a fire as an indication that
no secrecy in the place Is intended.
In many other sections Of the United
States the latch. string is eigniflcan ut
OF sing ular communism. A settlers
cabin in any emergency is more or
leso the cabin Of any person in dis
tress who may pass that way II the
settler be absent, the traveller may
enter and make himself at home as
his needs may require, always hold
ing himself responsible for the proper
appreciation Of the privilege.
In pioneer days in California il
frequently occurred that there was
only one man in a placer mining dis
trict who possessed watch. In
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-11

@Mams' asked little EIko girl,the
other day. "IfI get married will 1
have husband like par: eyes" re-
piled the mother, with an amused
emile. sand il don't get married
will have to DO an old maid like
Aunt KateP" ayes. dear" After q
short pause the little girl said: sMa.
ma, this is tough world for US wom-
On amt itP" -
The Supreme Court Of Pennsylya-
mia yesterday dismissed the petition
OF Senator Quay, his son Richard,
and Benjamin F. Haywood for writ
OF certiorsri. removing the trial ct the
conspiracy case against them from
the local court to the Supreme Curt.
The case was remanded to the Quar-
ter Sessions Court Of Philadelphia
for trial and the costs of the proceed
lngs were placed on the petitioners.
Thad Stevens WIS once trying q
case before judge noted for his ig
norance OF the law. During the trial
the judge made a ruling that greatly
incensed Stevens, who began to tie
up his pppers, his hands trembling
and his thin face euffused with red
EDO understand, " nsked the Judge.
shat you are try ing to show con tempt
for this court?" @No sir" replied Ste
venR, II am not trying to show con-
tempt for this court. On the c0ntrar,
[ am doing my best to conceal it,"
The criminal statistics for 1893
show that there were 1910 homicides
in the United States in 1893 of which
only 80 we're in self-defense,n and that
there were only 100 executions. The
number Of Ign chngs ID set down at
1N-1O3 negroes,22 whites and two
Indians. OF this number 1l8 are
credited to Southern States, while
nine occurred in the North. The ag-
gregate OF mob murders is something
less than for any year, with one ex-
ception, since 1885, but the lynchine
habit shows little sign as yet break.
ing up.
Silver State:-Tls number of
prisoners received at tho Humboldt
county Jail for the year 1893 was nine.
ty.tbree, OF which sixty were white
men. three white women, fourteen
Chinese and sixteen Indians. Elev.
en- OF the above, mostly Chinese. were
Rent to Carson Ter the u. 8. authorit
les to deal with for selling whisky to
Ipdi ans, five Of the inmates wore sent
TO the insane asylum, one to the State
prison. two were murderers captured
here for other State officers and the
balance Of the prisoners were incarce.
rated for petty offenses. 3D..
A Dakota paper gives the following
account Of cyclone: "A south we It I.
ern wind tumbled weeds and Russian
thistles through the air at twenty
mile gait, and the gate went too.
Many stoves we're drawn out of chin
neys; the strong wind blew in tile
neck 'Ha bottle and blew tho bottom
out. Nebraska wagon tracks went
over the town by thousands. The
strain on wire fences was so great
that staples we're drawn out ON tile
north side OF the posts. A kerosene
barrel standing in front Of a grocery
store was sucked ont by the buue
hole and turned ineide ont like la
dy's slipper. Tbe dirt blew from y
post hole on the hillside and left the
hole sticking out OF the ground two
feet with no dirt around it."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-11
COMES TOO HIGH.

There is one feature Of the SeDa-
torial contest that should not escape
the serious consideration Of every
taxpayer Of Nevada, and that il: The
election Of Congressman Newlande tn
tho Seuate will involve the people in
anew election to fill the vacancy in
the House OF Representatives, caused
by his election to the Senate.
This woRid entail upon the people
. needless expense, variously est
mated from $4,000 to S25,DOO. This
sum would have to be paid by the al.
ready ovorbur1ened taxpayers Of the
State, and what would they receive
in returnf Nothing but the satis'ac-
ton Of having gratitied the inordinate
ambition OF a mau who stands before
tho people as a pledge breaker. That
surely will not COMPENSATE tho PEG.
plo to any great extent and should go
. long ways toward putting the
quietus on MIR. Newlands' aspirations
for the Senatorship.
This phase of the conte3t should ap-
ponl to those upon whom the taxation
necessary to support the State gov
eminent is already burden, and
they should bring their influence to
bear upon the Legislature to prevent
this needless expense. The welfare
OF the people Of Nevada does not at
this time demand the sacrifice neces-
sary to place Mr.. Newlands in the
United States Senate.
This matter should be brought to
the attention of our legislators and
they should be given to understand
that vote cast for Francis G.. New
lands for United States Senator ia a
vote to increase taxation in the State,
and means political suicide to him
who casts it. Now ls the time for the
people to consider this matter and not
when they are called upon to foot the
bills. The damage will be done then
and no amount Of kicking will pre-
vent the drain upon your pockets.
1t may be necessary, as some of the
Newlands papers argue, TO have
younger Llood in the Senate of the
United States, but do the people Of
Nevada at this time want to pay such
an exorbitant price for it2 IT they
do, they should insist upon getting
genuine American blood, and not the
weak diluted stuff of man who apes
the English ariatocracy end frowns
upon tile good old American ways.
Better have the sent in the Senate
filled by white. haired, genuine
American than by younger man
who affects the ways OF the English
sroh and turns up his nose at the
manners Of Uncle SAM especially
when it will cost the people OF the
State thousands of dollars to make
the change. 1t comes too high.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-11
A Left-Handed club.

In southern California there is .
"let-handed" club. with membership
OF nearly 2.oco scattered throughout
all the principal towns. To be left
handed is the only qualilca ton neces-
sary for membership.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-11
Cats yyith oncer rnnt..-

A Massachusetts, family has Eve cats
with varying tastes. One is r.>e-nous
for beet root. another eats only cicum.
beers. another tomatoes, another fish
and the fifth win taste nothing but
bread and milk.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-11

Marks the Tomb Of th~ Unmarried,
The grave OF an unmarried woman In
Turkey is often indicated by rose
carved in stone.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-11
E]!|[||1|!|I!|11.
Route

- really don't know, what
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e. ifyop have never travelled via
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8MER a wider choice; Of
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! st. Louis, Omaha, Kansas City
. and all eastern points Two
trains through each way, daily.
Vestibuled buffet smoking Ii.
4 brary cars. Pullman sleeping
cars. Reclining. chair cars
(seats' free). coaches. Finest
Dining car service IN the world.
Dining cars operated on the
Cafe plan, that is, You pay only
... for what you order.
A MAP OF THE UNIFIED STATES
three feet wide by four feet long;
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rollers; shows every State. coun-
ty, important city and railroad in
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