The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10
Live Within Your Income.

nc has comfortable room with many
books and ornaments, and he boards in a
very respectable house, dresses we'll, goes
with good society ana is popular. There
is another who has been ten years in a
bank; beginning at salary of $500, he
has received almost annual advances until
he how has $4,000 Il year. And this man
so highly favored, has never been out of
debt. When his salary was 500 he lived
on $500; when $1,000, lie expended ST.
800; when $4,000, he spent yearly $4,000,
and now, at the monthly pay of $3.50, lie
frequently has small bills presented which
he cannot promptly discharge and notes be-
come due which he cannot honor. He lives
IN a commodious house, eXpensively fur
nished, keeps several servants, drives fast
horses, owns yacht. In addition to all
these creature comforts he has put con-
tract into the builders hand for seaside
cottage to be ready for next season. To sit
down at this mans dinner you would i'm
agine he was millionaire, so great is the
display of silverware, and the indulgence
in expensive luxuries In conversation, a
short time sit &C, he expressed regret that,
while youth, he had fallen into habits
of extravaganza from which he has never
been able to escape. From the first, to
feel want was to obtain way by some
strategy or other to satisfy the craving.
There is everything in young man be.
ginning right and disciplining the mind
to do without what is not necessary
Every craving beyond your cash resources
should be strangled at its birth. Once in
the meshes Of debt it is impossible TO ex-
tricatc yourself; you get deeper and deep
er into the net. The unpleasant sensation
at first produced by the thought Of your
liabilities is superseded by feeling OF re-
signation; in a short time you are comfort
able in the knowledge that nobody knows
how much you owe, next you begin to
yourself that your credit is so
good, and finally you boast of the sums
due your creditors.
Almost all defaulters trace their crime
to extravaganza. This class of criminale
do not propose to defraud the employer or
the corporation for which they transact
business, they simply borrow money pri-
vately with the intention of replacing,
but becoming more involved the secret
selfloans are increased until the irregular
procedure is carried to such an extent as
to be easily discovered. The deludcd man
becomes the victim of his own imprudence,
and is sooner OF later plunged into dis
grace by the necessary exposure
1t is unwise to borrow, even small sums
if you begin with borrowing a dollar, the
reluctance to ask for n loan will decrease
as the amounts increase. You will find it
easier TO ask for SO than So; there is a
about the size of the loan
that seems to vouch for its punctual return.
There arc many men receiving a salary, or
having an income from investments, which
ought to keep them handsomely, who are
embarrassed through debt; they are com
PEELED constantly to borrow of one party to
pay another, with no prospect ola removal
of the weight from their shoulders. 1t is
an unenviable and deploruble situation,
and should be avoided ut any sacrifice, by
all who have a tendency in the same di-
rection. Begin right. Divest yourself of
eXtravagant notions:if you have them. Pay
your washerwoman every week. Exchange.
CONSOLATION IN GR1EF.-Solomon &
Hirschield were partners in the ready-made
clothing business. Hirschfeld fell sick
and died. Ferguson came to Chicago to
buy Il bin of goods after the melancholy
event, Of which, however, he was unaware.
Solomon met him at the door, draped in
solemn sables, and wringng his hands in
almost spccchlcss anguish, thus addressed
him:
"Ah, Mr.. Ferguson, AIN glad to see you.
We've had II loss, a serious loss, Mr.. Fer
guson Mr.. Hirschfeld is dead. He was
a fine man, Mr.. Ferguson, and he thought
great deal of you. Many and many Il
time when lie couldn't sit upon his elbow
and take his broth, he's said to me, 20, if
| could only see Mr.. Ferguson again -
And the day lie died, Mr.. Ferguson, the
last words he said to me were, Solomon,
when Mr.. Ferguson comes to Chicago after
I'm dead and gone, be sure you sell him
the goods at the very lowest bottom price
And | will, too, Mr.. Ferguson. What
shall | show you ~ Chicago Tribune.
A SuREwD WoMAN.-Thc Liverpool
Steam Packet Company, wishing to extend
its premises, decided to purchase adjoin-
ing land, which was owned by a maiden
lady of uncertain age. The lady sold the
land cheap, but caused to be inserted in
the agreement an article to this effect, that
during her lifetime she and lady COM
panion should have the privilege of travel
ing free in any Of the company's vessels.
The day after tho agreement was signed
she sold her house and furniture, and, hay
ing found companion, went on board of
one of the company's steamers just about
to sail for South America and from that
time to this she has lived at sea and at the
company's expense. she advertises for
some lady who wishes to make the voyage
as her companion, and who pays her fare,
and in this way, it is said, has already ac-
cumulated about ten thousand dollars
The company have offered her more than
this to cancel the agreement, but this she
refuses to do, and rs the life at sea suits
her health remarkably, there is no prospect
that her voyaging will soon come to an
end.
How WE FADE.-As the trials of life
thicken and the dreams of other days fade,
one by one, in the dim vista of disappoint-
ed hope, the heart grows weary of the long
continued struggle, and we begin to re-
alizc our insgnilicance. Those who have
climbed to the pinnacle of fame, or revel
in luxury and wealth, go to the grave at
last with the poor mendicGnt who begs 10y
the waysidc, and, like him are soon for
COTTON. Generation after generation, says
an eloquent writer, have felt as we feel,
and their fellows were as active in lite as
ours arenow. They passed away as va
por, willie nature W ore the same aspect OF
beauty as when the Creator commanded hcl
to he. The heavens will be as bright over
our graves as they are now around oul
path the world has the same attraction
for our offspring yet unborn that she once
had for ourselves, and that she now has fol
our children.
Some papers are publishing, as Gu.
rious item, statement to the effect that a
horse in Iowa pulled the plug out of the
bung hole ola barrel for the purpose Of
shaking his thirst. We do not see any.
thing extraordinary in the circumstance