Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-04-13
T1E TRUE USE OF WEALTH.

that money is a mea to an end, 1t Is
plainly unwise to devote excessive
attention to its requirement, while the
very purposes for which we acquire 1t
remain unful1lled, or, at best, but I'M
perfectly accomplished. To attain any
end, it il not sufficient to possess the
requisite means we must also wisely
adjust those means to the object In
view. In the carrying out Of our ma
tional school system, the appropriation
Of funds, though a primary necessity,
would o fitself be useless unless thought,
Judgment and discretion guided their
disbursement. So in every ones pecu-
MARY affaiH-the utmost industry and
energy may be exerted to obtain
money, but unless its expenditure be
wisely controlled, Its purposes will be
frustrated, and its value comparatively
lost. 1t Is from the failure to recog-
nize the Importance Of this truth that
the fa~llacious idea originates that
money is a curse rather than a bless
ing. As we'll might water be called a
curse, because 1t al be put to the
ignoble purpose Of the suicide; or
food, because the vice Of gluttony de-
grades humanity. The misuse of any
blessing Is no argument against its
value. Its true worth to mankind a
only DO determined by Its highest
capability of producing good; and
from this standpoint we can never
over-estimate the real value Of money.
Henry Taylor says: IF we take
account of all the virtues with which
money is mixed up-honesty, Justice,
generosity, charity, frugallty, fore
thought, ~self-sacritice, and Of their CO.
relative vices-it Is a knowledge which
goes neal to cover the length and
breadth of humanity; and a right
measure and manner in getting, saving,
spending, giving, taking, lending, Dor
rowing and bequeathing would almost
argue a perfect man." That this bless
ing, however, is often abused and made
the instrument of injury instead OF
good, aud that in the large majority of
instances it tails in the end to meet our
expectations, are facts too patent to
need assertion. Passing by the many
forms of profligacy and sensual vice to
which money is made to minister, and
the more refined but scarcely less de-
grading folly Of fashionable extrava-
gance, which, in multiplying luxuries,
sacrifices all the noblest ends of life
which of US is satisfied with the
results that have accrued from his
expenditures? Which Of us can
say that even his W hopes In this
| direction have been realized, or that,
as far as they have been accomplished,
the happiness lie expected has ensued?
What Is the secret Of the disappoint-
ment that creeps in 10 insidiously to
poison the cup Of pleasure that we had
hoped to earn by persevering industry
and untiring endeavors? Perhaps the
chief cause of this widespread dissat-
iSfaction is that most men fail clearly
to recognize and keep in view the ends
which they choose to accomplish
through the medium Of money. These
arr usually so numerous and varied
that they become confused aud indis-
tinct in the mind. They need to be
graded, in u estimation, and Its
proper rank assigned to each. The
happiness which We may legitimately
expect from money will flow, not from
the large amount we expend, nor the
variety Of objects we aim at, but from
their wise selection, their judicious ap-
portionment, and steady and courage
Gus discipline, which shall enable us
to refuse to employ IL ear In other
methods than those which u best
judgment approves. Its primary OBJ
jects are the health and comfort of the
body, the education and improvement
Of the mind, and the advantages Of So
cial intercourse. But few realize the
smallness of the cost necessary to Sc
cure these. Emerson says, 1.-THE end
sought in the hunger for wealth is
plainly to secure the ends of good
sense and beauty from the intrusion of
deformity Of any kind. But what n
train of means Is used. Wealth
is good, as it appeases the animal era
wings, cures the smoky chimney,
silences the creaking door, brings
friends together in a warm and quiet
room. But In the exertion to remove
the inconvenience, the main attention
has been diverted to this object-the
old aims have been lost sight OF, and,
to remove friction, has come to be the
end" 10 appreciate the true end Of
money We must recognize the true enc
of life. If We live for noble aims and
high purposes, then whatever e
may fall to our lot to possess, be they
little or much, will be used to clear
away the distractions which hinder
such a path. Into such u life wealth
cannot flow too abundantly. When
devoted to noble purposes, riches re-
ceive a lustre that they can never at.
tain In the hands Of the man whose
objects are low and selfish.
MIKE on QUAns.-The Phoebe Rec
ord of April 9th says that Mike Nc
Cluskey, the fat boy from Slippery
Gulch, last Saturday eat sixteen quails
ut one meal. If this is so, 1t seems to
us that Mike ought to be afraid to 20
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