Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1887 — Taking His Father’s Advice. [ARTICLE]

Taking His Father’s Advice.

“My son,” said the old man, as he blotted the check and passed it over; “you are going out to begin the battle of life.” “Yes, father.” “Go, firmly resolved not to cheat, lie, indulge in false pretenses, or use underhand measures.” In about three months a ragged, hungry, weary young man ascended the steps of the family mansion, and the father exclaimed: “Why, William, what has happened?” “Did business according to your injunctions, and haven’t got a red left,” replied William, as he hung his hat on the old familiar peg.— Wall Street News. ■ f , It is estimated that the material contained in the Chinese wall would build a wall around the world six feet high and two feet thick. Its cost was probably equal to that of all the 100,000 miles of railroad in the United States.