The War Fifty Years Ago
A Rapid Campaign Against Vicksburg After Securing
a Landing For Troops and Supplies on the East Bank
of the Mississippi General Grant Marches His Army
Inland Three Battles Fought In a Week Jackson,
the State Capital, Occupied by Federals Confeder
ates Offer Strong Resistance, but Are Outnumbered
on the Field rFinal Retreat to Fortifications Eas'
of Vicksburg With Federals In Pursuit.
By Cipt. GEORGE I. KILMER, Lite U. 3. V
jTV URING the third week in May
I fifty years ago four battles
Jp were fought for the control of
Vicksburg. Every one of the
series ended in the de-fent of the Con
federate defenders of the stronghold.
The activities of the movement to at
tack Vicksburg in the rear had begun
on April 20, when Admiral Porter's
fleet of ironclad warships bombarded
the Confederate position at Grand
Gulf, on the east side of the Mississip
pi river, about twenty miles below
Vicksburg.
In 1SG3 Grand Gulf was an insignifi
cant village - which had grown up
around the river terminus of a railway
running Inland to Port Gibson. It was
near the mouth of the Big Black river,
which Is navigable for several miles
and runs directly in the rear of Vicks
burg. Porter's naval guns were un
able to drive the Confederate troops
out of the earthworks which they had
constructed on the bluff close to the
river and the village.
General U. S. Grant, the Federal
commander, had decided upon using
Grand Gulf as a base for his opera
tions east of the Mississippi and of
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CORPS AND. DIVISION LEADERS AT VICKSBURG.
Top row, left to right, General J. A.
ing, 0. 8. A. : General W. T. Shorman, U.
Lower row, General C. L. Stevenson,
General J. B. MoPhorson, U. 8. A.
Vicksburg. After tho failure of the
ships to sllenco tho enemy's butteries
on the bluff tho ironclads dropped
down tho river under cover of night,
convoying a fleet of transports loaded
with troops and supplies. Landing
at Brulnsburg, nine miles below Grand
Gulf, a force of 20,000 Federals, com
manded by General J. A. McClernnnd
and General J. B. MePlierson, began
to march Inland toward Port Gibson.
Confederates Abandon Grand Gulf.
Alarmed by tho bombardment of
Grand Gulf on tho 29th, tho Confeder
ates had rushed troops to tho vicini
ty and attempted to stem tho advance
of McClernand's men toward Port
Gibson. Fighting took place between
tho Federals and General J. S.
Bbwen's Confederates, and on May 2
Port Gibson and Grand Gulf were In
the possession of Grant, tho Confeder
ates having abandoned both points.
Tho Federals wore on solid ground
iu strong force. General YV. T. Sher
man reached tho front with lO.OjtO men,
and tho army of 30,000 strong set out
for Jackson, which Is fifty miles east
of Vicksburg and connected with it by
railroad. Tho Confederates In tho im
mediate region numbered) probably 40,
000 men.
On May 12 McClernand with tho ad
vance guard led tho march in n north
easterly course toward Jackson. At a
stream known as Fourteen Mllo crock
he encountered tho Confederates and
drove them off nfter n sharp Bklrmish.
The samo day General John A. Logan's
division of Mcl'lierscm'a corps encoun
tered tho Confederate brigade com
manded by General John Gregg at Ray
mond, twenty miles from Jackson by
the roads used In advancing. Gregg
made a stubborn light and held off su
perior numbers two or three hours.
Logan was re-enforced, and Gregg beat
a retreat toward Jackson.
The Confederate defense of Jackson
caused Grant to bellevo that his enemy
was strong In numbers at that point.
In this he erred, becnuso Gregg only
happened to be marching through the
region, having come up from Port Hud
son, down tho Mississippi, on an urgent
call to proceed to Jackson. The fact
was that tho Confederate commander
of tho Vicksburg defenses. General J.
C. Pembcrton, urn! derided to concen
trate his forces at Edwards' Station, on
tho lino of the Vicksburg and Jackson
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east of Vicksburg and tbu-ty-the .
west of Jackson.
On the morning of the l.'ith the
sious of Bowen. which hud Ihvi.
Grand Gulf when Porter's ship ii
barded (hat point, and the divisions
General C. L. Stevenson und Gone
W. V. Loring were together at l
wards' Station. At that date Grunt
main force was within ten miles of tl)
station and southeast of it Instead oi
turning north Grant moved on to Jack
son.
When Grant made bis calculations
about the strength of the Confederates
at Jackson there was no hostile force
there worth mentioning. However, as
soon as the meaning of Grant's move
ment became known to the Confeder
ate authorities two brigades from
South Carolina and two from Port
Hudson were rushed to that point, and
General Joseph E. Johnston hurried
there to take command. These four
brigades numbered about 12,000 men
Capture of Jackson.
After a night of pouring rain the
roads at some places were covered
with water to the depth of a foot. The
MoClemand, U. B. A.j General W. W. Lor
S. A.
C. S. A.) General M. L, Smith, 0. 8. .
Federals under Sherman and McPher-
son advanced at 10 o'clock a. m., May
11, on roads defended by tho brigades
of General W. II. T. Walker and Gen
eral Gregg. These generals wore or
dered to dispute tho advance of the
enemy long enough to enable Johnston
to remove from Jackson some valuable
army stores to a safe distance by rail.
Ilchlnd some slight lutrenchments
which commanded tho approaches to
Jackson the men of Walker and Gregg
offered resistance which held the Fed
era Is In cheek for several hours. Mc-
l'lierson nttacked along tho railroad,
which runs duo east and west His
opponents, uudor Walker, occupied a
strong position on the crest of a semi
circular ridge. On each flank of tho
lino there wero woods, and tho ground
In front sloped toward tho Federal line,
terminating about n mile from the
Confederate guns In a boggy field
through which coursed a deep stream.
Walker's artillery had range upon a
bridge which crossed this creek. Rain
delayed Merhersou's movements, but
about 11 o'clock his skirmishers tried
to cross tho creek and failed. A charge
was nt onco ordered, and General M.
M. Crocker's division at ouo dash cross
ed tho creek and started In magnificent
lino up tho slope, all the way under fire
of tho guns on the crest.
Seeing that tho Federals were irre
sistible, the Confederates retreated to
the cover of another lino of guns post
ed closo to tho town. Crocker's men
arrived at this line, on tho heels of the
retreating foe, lu some disorder. Tho
Confederates, however, did not wait
for them to reform for a socond charge,
but retired hastily northward.
Grant In the Mississippi Statehouse.
Sherman's IluO, moving from tho
southwest and south, had on easy task
In disposing of Gregg's troops, who
were posted In breastworks, with a
battery commanding tho bridge ap
proach. Grant was with Sherman.
Willi Httlo effort the passage of tho
Nlieain was forced, but both Shorman
and Grant wero reluctant to order a
charge. To them Gregg's lino looked
formidable.
After Bomo tnnlu maneuvering Grant
directed Sherman to send a whole di
vision far' to tho right of tho Confed
erate line to reeonnoltor the position.
This force, under General J. M. Tuttlo,
disappeared from view, and, not return-
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ing promptly to report the results ov
the reconnolssfince. Grant rode in the
same direction. The anxious command
er had not gone far before he discov
ered that the Confederates had aban
doned that line. The fact was that
McPherson's men farther to the north
bad captured Jackson before Sherman
was ready to strike.
At Jackson the Confederates lost
about 800 men, chiefly prisoners, and
MePlierson and Sherman about 300.
The Confederates lost seventeen guns
to the enemy, but managed to destroy
by fire all the valuable stores which
they could not remove. Grant assem
bled his generals at the statehouse of
Mississippi and directed their future
movements.
On to Vicksburg!
The fall of Jackson isolated Pember
ton's command at Edwards' Station
He bad about 23,000 men on his east
em front and on the Vicksburg bluffs
facing west and north. East anil
north of Jackson Johnston had about
17.000 troops on hand and arriving
Pemberton laid his plans to attack
Grant's moving columns southeast oi
Edwards' Station. He even moved tin
divisions of Stevenson, Loring and
Bowen in that direction, leaving the
divisions of General J. H. Forney and
General M. L. Smith to hold the forti
fications on the river.
The Federal army was living off the
country through which It passed,
because Grant bad cut loose from bis
base at Grand Gulf in order to avoid
a long and dangerous lhie of communi
cation which it would require a small
army to guard against attack. Taking
up the march westward from Jackson,
Grant moved his army along three
roads running parallel to and south of
the railroads. These roads converged
at Edwards' Station.
The sudden advance of Grant com
pelled Pemberton to fight a battle In
order to protect his line at the station.
To this end he selected a strong posi
tion at Champion's hill, a few miles
east. Upon a rldgo behind a creek run
ning north and south he formed a line.
Batteries on the height commanded
all the open ground to the east where
the Federals must approach. To add
to the difficulty the eastern slope of the
ridge was covered with forest hating
a tangled undergrowth.
Battle of Champion's Hill.
Skirmishing began about 10 o'clock,
the Federals feeling their way over the
difficult ground. By noon the skirmish
ing had Involved Hovey's division of
McClernand's corps and Logan's and
Crocker's division of McPherson's corps
From this time on the fighting became
a battle Instlng until after 8 o'clock.
It was nearlng noon when Hovey
men attacked the Confederate left
flank on Clinton road, near the rail
road. This flank was gunrded by Ste
venson's men. Under the cover of ar
tillery Are Hovey's line advanced gal
lantly up the hill, capturing eleven
guns at the first blow. Meanwhile
Logan's division came up on the right
of Hovey, still endangering the Con
federate left flank. Hovey required
help, for his men bore the brunt of the
task, and was finally driven back about
2 p. m.
Logan's advance around the Confed
erate left resulted in the capture of
seven guns. Ce also was able to shell
with his own batteries the only road
by which the Confederates could re
treat toward Edwards' Station If tho
battle went against tbem. The Con
federates, however, made their chief
fight against Hovey, Bowen's division
murenmg to tne aia or Stevenson.
With tho support of Crocker's fresh
troops Hovey pressed up the hill, driv.
lng back Bowen's line and finally dls
rupttng the ranks of Stevenson. The
battle was lost to Pemberton. Loring's
division, which had been in reserve,
marched forward to cover the retire
ment of the defeated brlgndes. But the
divisions of General P. Osterhaus and
General A. J. Smith of McClernand's
corps reached the front on the Confed-
erate right, where there was no op
position, and were free to contend with
Loring.
Confederates Retreat to Breastworks
The defeated troops of Bowen and
Stevenson crossed a bridge over Ba
ker's creek two miles west of the bat
tlefield on the road to Edwards' Sta
tion. This bridge tho leaders attempt
ed to hold until Loring's command
could rotire to safety across it. They
failed because General E. A. Carr's
Federal division had worked around
the Confederate flank and secured com
mand of the rond west of the creek,
Osterhaus attacked Loring with vigor,
and his line soon gave way. Marching
hastily toward the bridge in the rear,
he discovered enemies on the opposite
bank of the creek and moved far to
tho south. Eventually Loring brought
his whole command to Jackson, which
Sherman had mennwhllo abandoned to
follow the path of tho main army to
ward Vicksburg.
The battle of Champion's Hill was
the heaviest of the campaign up to
that date. Grant's losses wero 2,400
and tho Confederate loss, which in
cluded 2,400 prisoners, about 4.000 men.
Pemberton did not attempt to hold Ed
wards' Station, but continued his
march toward Vicksburg. About six
miles west of the station the main
rond and railroad cross tho Big Black
river on bridges which rembcrton
had fortified. Such troops as could be
rallied from tho defeated divisions
woro placed In the trenches, but Tern
bcrton's main rellanco for disputing
Grant's further advance was Loring's
fresh division.
Loring, of courso, never came up, and
when the divisions of Smith, Carr and
Osterhaus advanced early on tho 17th
retnberton offered llttlo opposition be-
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ERMONS
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STORM TOSSED SEAS AND SOULS.
Texts, ."The wind ceased, and there was
a great calm." Mark Iv, 39. "The man
out ot whom the devils were cast was sit
ting at the feet of Jesus clothed and In
his right mind." Luke lx, 35.
Christ performs two great miracles
on the same day one with the in
sanity of forces, the other with the
madness of a human spirit, the wild
disorder of nature and a demon har
assed mind await their master and he.
asleep in the stern of a fishing boat!
This autumn evening will witness a
Trafalgar on the Galilee, a Waterloo
In Gadara. The creature and the Cre
ator will meet on the wave. The tiger
will cower before her keeper on the
rock bound bill. Heaven and earth
and hell will stand In fearful align
ment. The "earnest expectation of
the creature" will wait for "the re
vealing of the sons of God.'' Out of
the discord of lake storm and brain
storm must come harmony. But the
power that can control the music of the
spheres, the Lord of wind and water,
is wrapped up in a piece of sleeping
clay, five feet and some Inches In height
one hundred and some pounds in
weight, possibly dreaming just now of
a sunny afternoon when a boy at play
In Nazareth years ago. The divine
and the human In tjie Nazarene! Mighty
Lord God omnipotent! Mary's babe of
Bethlehem! The God and the man,
the divine and the human In one! Mys
tery of the ages!
The Story of a Storm Tossed Sea.
The day of healing is done. Sight
less eyes, distorted limbs, sickening
sores, the cry of the lunatic, the moan
of the anguished, all the while pouring
out of his strength, left the man Jesus
weary as a child. Simon's boat Is
pushed out from the shore. The Mas
ter Is not a mariner. He will rest.
The vessel rocks, the mast creaks, the
sails flap. There Is mutter of distant
thunder. Lightning flashes its banner
across the darkened sky. Simon and
Andrew exchange foreboding glances.
James tightens a rope. John pushes
the rudder n point starboard and looks
down at the sleeper. The man is
asleep. Only the God is awake.
"There's an eye that never sleeps."
This is It. Now the lake is lashed by
the sudden storm, the boat is driving
before the gnle, the disciples are be
coming pnnic stricken, and yet he lies
asleep. The sea grows bold and dashes
over the boat. What do the waves
care for the person of the Christ?
Here Is brute force indlscrlmlnatlng,
sullen, eyeless ready to crush human
lives and lick the bloody foam from Its
Jowls. Snap goes the mast. Shouts
Simon, "John, waken htm!" Tenderly
the beloved disciple calls, "Master, be
loved one, carest thou not that we per
ish?" The God-man awakes. As a
mother speaks to her child frighted In
Its dreams he answers, "Why are ye
fearful?" He calms first their fears
and then the waves. "Peace, be still."
And the sighing and the sobbing cease.
They marveled, saying, "What manner
of man Is this that even the winds and
the sea obey him?" You and I, Chris
tian, want to trust more and worry
less. Good people get very much
frightened sometimes. The signs of
the times look bnd. How cold and dark
It is! Is the Pilot of Galilee on board?
The Story of a Storm Toned Soul.
Up tho bench of Gadara walk Master
and disciples to encounter a tempest
of another kind, a soul driven before a
gale of madness and fury. They see
that saddest of all sights, a human
wreck. Miserable, loathsome object,
with naked, befouled body. Say, poor,
wretched, brain racked, frenzied bed
lamite, frantic with diabolism. Oh,
listen, outcast, quick among the dead,
to thee has come the chance that
comes at least once to every sin smit
ten soul Jesus passeth thy wayl
There's a double consciousness, a dual
personality dwelling there. Just now
the Impure, the unholy, the defiling
spirits are regnant. They are disturb
ed by the presence of Christ, like
bats in a cave fluttering and beating
against tho light "Thou Son of God.
art thou come hither to torment us
before our time?" There Is a moment
of conflict, a strange battle with prin
cipalities and powers of darkness.
"Send us anywhere Into lowest beast,
bird or reptile, luto yonder swine wal
lowing in the filth, but not back Into
the abyss of hell." It is done. Un
clean spirit Into unclean animal. A re
incarnation. They rush down the em
bankment Into the sea. Done by
Christ's right of eminent domain. Is
not a man of more value than many
hogs? American society is asking
that question today.
The Human and the Demon In Us.
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BAND AT CHAUTAUQUA THIS SESSION
TEey besought him to leave their
country. To have demoniacs restored
Is one thing to lose your hogs an
other. Sins that pay rent are not
easily put out.
And the demoniac. He whose soul
had long been torn and driven and
lashed, like some poor ship in the wild
storm of a frightful, shoreless sea the
red fires glaring from sky line to sky
line, hideous specters flitting across
his vision, and horrible laughter of
demons ringing through the corridors
of his whirling brain. To his soul's
tempest he has heard a voice saying,
"Peace be' still." Now he sits safe and
secure on the shore of Christ's pres
ence. The glorious sun shines In his
sky. the fields are green, the birds are
singing, the waters of the blue Ga'.IIee
dance with joy.
PUZZLING ECHOES.
The Riddle of the Gardens of Aux
i Rochers In France.
MYSTICAL TRICKS OF SOUND.
A Spot Where an Almost Inaudible
Whisper Becomes Curiously Trans
formed Into Thousands of Hissing
Responses Other Famous Echoes,
Some echoes In their mystic charac
ter would seem to approach the do
main of psychic phenomena, which are
eliciting so much and such puzzled at
tention. One of these ghostly tricks
of sound Is to be found in the gardens
of Aux Rochers in France, which
was once the residence of Mme. de
Sevlgne. The chateau Is situated near
the old town of Vitre. A broad gravel
walk on a dead level conducts through
the gardens to the bouse. In the cen
ter of this, on a particular spot the
listener Is placed at the distance of
ten or twelve yards from another per
son, who addresses him In a low and
almost inaudible whisper, when imme
diately, as from tens of thousands of
Invisible tongues, starting from the
earth beneath, or as if every pebble
, was gifted with powers of speech, the
I words are repeated with a slight hiss
ing sound, not unlike the whirling of
small shot through the air. On remov
ing from this spot however trifling
the distance, the Intensity of the repeti
tion Is sensibly diminished and within
a few feet ceases to be heard. Under
the impression that the ground beneath
was hollow the soil was recently dug
up to a considerable depth, but with
out discovering any clew to the mys
tery. Although the weird echoes of statu
ary hall in the capitol at Washington
have been somewhat subdued since the
structural modifications of the roof,
they still haunt the chamber which
was once the bouse of representatives.
The capitol guides used to take great
pride in the mysterious echoes of stat
uary hall, and tbey deplore their par
tial elimination. It will be recalled
by many that there Is a flagstone In
the floor of the hall marked by a small
black bole about as large as an um
brella end. on which, if a person stood
arm utcerea a w'Or'd, he Tie'ifd a repeti
tion of his voice proceeding apparently
from the basement of tbe building just
below him. An appreciable Interval
elapsed between the utterance of the
sound and its echo, a circumstance
that rendered the effect almost un
canny. To laugh was to prove a mock
ing rejoinder, and many persons, say
the guides, were persuaded that a trick
was being played on them. The same
effect was noticeable on that part of
the floor adjacent to the flagstone men
tioned, but the farther away from the
latter the less distinct became the
echo until, at a certain distance, it was
not perceptible at all.
Some of the most curious and beau
tlful echoes In the world are to be
heard In the Luray caverns, which are
only a few hours' journey from Wash
lngton. Numerous of the huge stalag
mites here, when only gently struck
give forth tones that In some instances
resemble the chiming of great, sweet
toned bells or a long melodic note like
that of a church organ. A famous vio
linist Is said, when visiting Washington,
to have Journeyed to Luray In order to
test the effect of the playing of his in
8truinent amid the singular acoustic
surroundings. The tones of the violin
are described as hnvlng been wonder
fully enhanced both In sweetness and
in volume.
Among the wonderful rock forma
tions of tbe far west, notably in the
Grand Canyon of the Coloradoare said
to lurk many marvelous echoes. The
same is true of the great Niagara
gorge, and, though few are aware of
the fact. It is said that any one Jour
neying to the falls and taking In tbe
gorge a superb piece of natural scen
ery in itself will be well rewarded
by stopping at Inspiration Point, walk
ing forward to tbe edge of the cliff
and here waiting until the first train,
on nearing the level crossing, blows
its whistle. The sound Is caught up by
multitudinous echoes until one would
fancy that It was resounding through
the universe.
One of the most famous echoes Is to
be heard In Woodstock park, Oxford
shire. England, which Is snld to re
peat seventeen syllables by day and
twenty by night Although this state
ment Is to be found In various stand
ard textbooks and treatises on tbe
subject, It has lately been contradict
ed by an Investigator, who remarks,
however, that- the diminution of this
classic echo Is probably due to the re
moval of various buildings In Its neigh
borhood A most striking interior echo Is a
feature of the Mormon tabernacle In
Rait Lake City When this hall Is
empty and quiet the ring of a pin fall
ing on the floor can be heard from all
points, and even the faint, rasping
sound produced by rubbing the hands
together Is perfectly audible from one
end of the building to the other
In the cathedral of (ilrgentl, lu Sic
ily, the slightest whisper Is borne with
perfect distinctness from tbe region of
the great door to a location In the up
per part of the church about 2.r0 feet
distant
Although acoustics would seem to
account satisfactorily for many echoes,
there yet remains much that Is mys
terious and battling concerning them.
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Most people who knew J. P. Morgatr
knew him as a man blunt to the point
of gruff ness, yet be had a keen sense
of humor. This Is recalled by the way
he appreciated so well the Joke of a
young Irishman who served In his of
fice as a sort of exalted porter that he
raised his salary. '
The Joke was on one of the banker's
visitors, who, thinking to have some
fun with the young man, remarked to
til iu his was a most dilllcult task, keep
ing those whom Mr. Morgan did not
wish to see away from him without
giving offense.
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to Mr. Morgan that he paid pretty
good salaries, mentioning the figure
given him by the doorman. Mr. Mor
gan rang for him.
"What do you mean," he demanded,
"by telling this gentleman that I pay
you $50 a week?"
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sort, sir," the man replied. "I told
him 1 earned $50 a week keeping
Cranks out and I think I do."
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tell the bookkeeper you are to have $5
more a week. And have no more talk
with my inquisitive friend here on the
private affairs of the offlce."
Every banking house has little pecu
lations at one time or another. No
public record exists to show that the
Morgan house suffered in this respect,
but that is because the banker handled
these cases In his own way. Two such
cases ore recalled by a veteran in the
street In one the culprit, a married
man, admitted that be was some $3,500
short when tbe bead of the house
called blm into bis offlce. It bad gone
In speculation, be said. He admitted
that bis salary was ample for bis
needs.
Mr. Morgan advised him to go home
and tell his wife about it and see him
in the morning. In tbe morning he
handed him the amount be was short
after the' clerk hod said be bad told his i
wife everything.
"Put that where you took the money
from," he ordered. "It is a loan from
me. 1 expect you to pay it back. None
of the others know anything about It
Let's see if you can't be a man."
Later tbe clerk returned the money
to blm, with a stammering expression
of thanks.
Humph!" said the banker. "It was
bit harder saving than losing It,
wasn't it? Well, now, take It home and
give it to your wife. I guess she saved
more of it than you did."
The other clerk, unmarried, became
involved through associating with too
lively a group. Like the other, he was
advanced the amount of his shortage
and, like tbe other, repaid It Not long
afterward Mr. Morgan called him into
his offlce and gave him three months'
notice.
"But, Mr. Morgan," he protested,
"I'm all right I haven't taken a dollar
of your money since you gave me an
other chance."
"I know It," said Morgan, "but it
won't be long before you will. You're
traveling with your old clique again."
There is one banker, not of the sec
ond class in Importance, who probably
never will forget his experience on the
Black Monday" panic. The head of
one of the largest commission houses
in the "street" went to Morgan for aid.
'We are absolutely solvent" he said,
'but Mr. Blank has called a loan on ns
for $1,000,000. We can't make it and
must close. We'll pay 100 .cents and
have enough left for all of us, but we
don't want to sacrifice that business of
years."
What security have you got?" asked
the banker.
The broker told him.
"All right I'll give you the money.
Send the stuff here. Jack, telephone
Blank I want to see him."
"I sent for you," roared the man
who bad been up days and nights try
ing to bring financial peace out of
chaos, "to tell you what I think about
you, but I haven't the time now.
You've been pounding this market
ever since this trouble began, trying
to make money when everybody else
has been trying to help those in trou
ble. You go back to your ofHce and
stop calling loans. If you call another
one I'll break you and drive you out
of business!"
And that settled it
David Dows, In his day one of the
great men in the financial district!
once said to the banker: I
Morgan, you see a lot of youngl
men and seem to be able to pick upl
better ones than any man I know. l
want a man whom I can trust to look I
out for my affairs when I am away.l
if you can get me such a man I'll pay I
him $15,000 a year and forever be!
your debtor." I
"Dows," said Morgan, "when youl
find that man send him to me, and I'lll
pay him $50,000 a year and pay you a I
bonus for discovering him." New!
York World. I
Any man or woman. In any age and
under any circumstances, who will
can live the heroic life and exercise
heroic Influence. Charles Kingsley.
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