Smyrna times., 1867-08-28
WHOLE NO. G55

SAvING-A man is very apt to deceive him
self into the idea that he cannot save, and that
it is of no use attempting it. lie conylnceS
himself that his income is little enough for
present necessities, and puts off the hope of
accumulation, if he forms it at ALL to the hap
py period when We shall be in somewhat bet
ter circumstances His circumstances DO, per-
haps, improve but his wants have extended
as much and still the time for saving is far
ahead. Thus he goes on and on, re-rcoolllng,
until he Is at last surprised by some sudden
calamity which dcpriveS him even OF his Ordl-
nary earnings, or by death which cruelty cuts
him off in the very midst Of the best intentions
in the world.
Did any man, wo would ask, experience a
falling off in his income, even to SO small an
extent as one dollar i'll the week? Many
answer they have Did they continue to live
at "a reduced rate? They reply, we did So
We were compelled to do it, Very well and,
pray, what is the difference between being
compelled to live dollar 4 week cheaper and
compelling yourself to do it? Or, suppose
stationary wages and rising produce market
did you not find that, though bread rose
penny loaf, and other provisions in proper
| ton you still continued to make your income
procure something like the usual exhibition
of victuals Gou answer, yes. And where,
! | would ask, is the difference between spend
lng a small extra sum upon certain articles OF
food and laying it for accumulation, suppo>lng
it not to be so needed? 1t is clear thrt if you
had the tolti ude and strength OF character TO
make the SAVINGS as much a matter OF com
pulSun as the other circumstances are, you
would I'VE. You have, therefore, no excuse
to present for not saving, except that you are
too weak minded to abstain from using money
which is in your power.-Ne,0 York. Loiger.
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L 1 Ii. Il. L.
Our friend 'JcemS" thought of attaching
himself to base ball club and would, doubt
less, have sent in his name, had it not been
for the fact that his friend j ohm has now an
eye draped in mourning, caused by catching
the ball on his pceper instead OF IN his hands,
and hearing the following cOllOque between an
enthusiastic admirer and player Of base ball,
E and gent whose regard for his personal COM
fort led him to eschew such unruly sports, as
! he terms them:
{ "What is the matter with your fnger?"
"Struck with ball and drove up; but it is
noble game, " was the reply.
PreciSely y-and your thumb is useless is it
not?"
"Yes; struck with a tall and broken" "
"That finger joint"
"A ball struck it, No better game to i'm
7. : prove man physical condlLion-strengthens
one ainews.
4 You walk lame that foot isn't?"
"No. It's the -the-the-well, a bat flew
{ out of players hand and hit my knee-pan.
He had the innings"
"One of your front teeth is gone"
Knocked out by ball-an accident.
: Your right hand and your nose have been
! peeled, hOw's that p
! Slipped down at the second basc-Only
= mere scratch.
{ !" And you like this kind of iun?"
= "Glory in it. sir It's the healthie-t game
n | in tho uorlI cir - ObjO NfIfes1nun
u 1890
IS Sclf-esteCm is one of the best bumps" of
the human head, when we'll regulated, as it
IS gives people the necessary and good opinion
u = of themselves necessary to tight successfully
u the battle of life. But if scli-cSteem Is allow
s. ed to assume that common form, known as
II cOnceit, it becomes most unfortunate quail
) ty Hardly anything Is more contemplate
II than that conccit which rests merely upon So
cial position the cOnceit of those who imagine
:. that thus they are divorced from common men,
III Of those who shrink with horror from the idea
~ of work rs something which degradh = by Its
'h very contact, and yet who, very likely, owe
eS their present position to some not remote an
le ceStor who, recognizing his call to work, lived
U, more honestly in the world than they do, and
u was not ashamed Of Soiled thumbs 1t IS ono
re of the meancSt things for people to be aSham-
az ed of the work from which they draw their in
IL come, and which glorihed their ancestors moro
;h with their soiled aprons and black gowns than
themselves with their fine ribbons and flash
re ing jewelry. 1t might be fine thing to be
n; like the lilies, more gloriouSly clothed than
TX Solomon, and doing nothing, if We were only
ct lilies. Advantageous position IS only more
ot emphatic call for work and while those who
d hold the advantage may not be compelled to
= manual drudgery, they should recognize the
OF fact that manual drudgery may be performed
10 in the same spirits as that which characterZeS
no their own work, and therefore that 1t Is equal
aS ly honorable.
'te The Springfield Republican says that the
IS. spies of the Good Templars, on whose teati-
eel mony the liquor dealers are convlcte1 at Sey'
ch mour, Conn, last week, have got themselves
ey into trobe One of the deal Irs who vas pro-
to- secuted knew beforehand OF their presence
he and mixed bottle of compounds IN which
there was not drop Of ar lent spirits but UT
of rol or something else TO make 1t " burn
on Thc snics drank this stuff Id paid Tor 1t, and
Ow then swore positively that it was whisky They
IN ware CROSS uestioned sharply Is to then know
tu- lc1re of the kind of liquor they drank, hut
is unwaveringly maintained that 1t was whisky
ills The dealer has proof that 1t was not WHISKY
ret and has arrested them on the charge OF per
jury. .
10 A little girl of three years was saying hei
~, PRAYERS not long since, when her little brother
MS about four Sears old, came slyly behind heI
~, head, she paused, and said: " Please, Lord
'cc excuse me minute while kick Herby.
A darkey preacher was telling how Adam
nat the first man was created and set W
ty, against the fence to dry. An old brother, who
her sometimes had lucid ideas, interrupted hin
red and said Ifdat is true, who made de fence
aid Pass around de sasSer."
An acquaintance of ours, mother, too, no
vas long since was lamcnting the loss Of chill
led Tone of family feight) because" said she
eet ''there was just enough for cotillion, an
hat they did dance so prettily."
MEMORANDUM FOR TEDIOUS BEAUX.-N
be +. Willis once said, in private conversation
that woman would tire of Phebus ApOll
for himself if the young man hung about the hOus
all the time.