The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-04
"Lunnon is an awfu' place, an awfu'
place, Mac. hadnn been here week
before bang went saxpence!" replied

can save. The scotch can keep their
own counsel. The Scotch can live on
y thistle The Scotch are ,n AL ,y HE
e Scotch may are de S Saa'y ike e'f the W od
Guard of Napoleon, they never sur.
render. Every Granny and cleft OF
commerce has got either a Jew or
Scot in the wall. and both are invin-
chile. But there isn't room anywhere
for both st. Andrew versus Abraham
would wreck any community IN the
long run; for the Scot loves an argu-
ment, and the Jew is never convlncea;;
But st. Andrew and Abraham could
Standard Oil on making money.
There isn't a spot on the civilized
globe where you don't meet either one
or the other; but you never see any
the poles in the same place, both so
perfectly understand how to lick tho
platter clean and leave the ordinary
Gentle merchant stranded high' and
in bank when they fall due. And both
are, as n rule. men of perfect probity
and intelligence. as we'll as men Of
commercial genius; valuable to any
keen, but not dishonest, traders: able.
but not INSCRIPTIONS, and always ex-
tremely conservative, for trade Is
mimosa and can hear and see. revo!u-
lions. wars. panics, changes, Of admin
istration. long before the public dreams
even OF such events
The Rothschilds.
The agent Of the Rothschilds in New
Orleans many years ago gave me an
amusing account of a visit made IN
Paris to Baron James Rothschild by
a certain American. He was trying to
float certain enterprise. He need
ed 100000 to do it. He could not
get the money in New York. SO he
ish bankers. All the way over on the
steamer he gave himself tremendous
airs He presented himself impress
sively at the Rothschilds's as a person
firm and expected to get "a tremendous
loan" He was introduced by fellow
American, prominent In official and So
sanctorum: He found a very quiet.
soutane. such as the French clergy
cial circles in Paris. He was taken.
finally, into Baron James's sanctum
wear, and wearing black velvet
skull-cap. When he had explained his
a very enormous sum of money" Baron
James said, Excuse me moment. Let
me see where we stand" and opening
a safe he consulted small, thin ledg.
err, and then replaced 1T and locked
the safe: I'VE have Just lent Russia
| $50. 0OO,ooo." he said: I'VE have made
other promises l am afraid ioD we eo6 SAINT an
though 1 think we'll of your scheme
and the securities you offer A meek
American left the building with that
trife-s5. 100000!
Everything in this world Is COMPARE
tive once met merry t rosy ,Ts little n,ds,
| manly, independent air Imaginable, and
while waiting for car / asked him
how he was getting on: Il have been
dom fine. I'VE made rs cents to-day.
gets mother meat twice a week and
tripe in between. with liver on Sun
days. and always has cents OF my
If I feel poor / can't sell single
paper. But when I jingles five pennies
In my pocket I sell out in no time. You
see. know I've got the bread for
ness man" He looked and felt like a
capitalist AS Mr.. AIicawber put 1t:
Income per month Flo, 5s. I'd. and eX-
penditure EGO, 6s. 3d.-result: Misery.
Dear, delicious Wilkins Micawber! It
Is no wonder that Mrs Micawber
never would forsake Mr.. Micawber."
Gun sou quand II est assure bout
mieux que cina en- esperance" cone
cent that You are sure OF is worth
more than five that You hope to getD.
| "1st. Never borrow where there Is a
chance. however remote. that YOU may
not be able to repay.
"2d. Never lend what you are not
ed. Never guarantee for another
what you could not fulfil If that other
should fail.
"4th; Never forget that debt is bond.
is needy who spends more than he
has got. No man is needy who spends
Keble.
Was it not this gentle and noble
| Englishman. who in speaking of be-
canst High heaven rejects the lore.
II nicely calculated less. or more"
Some Frenchman of Montaigne's day
wrote this will "Je mai rien. Je dois
pauvres" q have nothing. 1 owe great
| deal l give the rest to the poor).
There is very charming Spanish book
/ by Don Alonzo the Wise admirably
enjoy it at first hand). in which he
| tells of poor Spanish peasant, who.
being on his deathbed sent for a no.
1 tary and hastily disposed of his few
| belongings--his bed. chair or two, a
few kettles and pans. Then he said:
! Il have a COW for my ten children. She
strayed away from here five weeks ago.
and we have not been able for all our
back, give her to the children. If She
never comes back, give her to the
church" There is evidently lot of
human nature in Spain.
| The VerdndO.
| There is nothing more charming in
| Cuba than this fashionable drive. First
| you cry out, "Pst!" which is the Cuban
way Of summoning a cab. A dozen
men will answer 1t. and hastily select
ing the most promising Of the nice,
comfortable carriages with which the
| city abounds. you step into the "coche,"
the "cochero" dsmisses his rivals with
| contempt and fury. and you make Your
that walking is to no mans taste. and
cabs are cheap luxuries; only you must
know one thing-how to employ them
You can go from one end of Havana to
another for a quarter. But you must
then get out, pay your coachman, and
the next minute re-engage him to take
you back again, or some other person;
there are always cabs at every turn.
If you make visit shop, halt to gaze
at the cathedral. stop to speak to a
friend. you are unconsciously running
yourself. An American officers daugh-
ter tried it for two hours one morning
and had to pay $40 for the experience.
though she only took a short drive
and spent a few minutes at EACH place.
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