Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-03-07
de6es the future, and spends all be earns

de6es the future and spends all he earns
(wbether his earnings be one or ten dollars
day. let him look for lean and want at some
future time-for it will surely come, no mat
ter what he thinks To save is absolutely the
only way to get solid fortune; there is no
other certain mode. Those who shut their
eyes and ears 10 these certain facts will be for
ever poor, and in their obstinate rejection of
truth mayhap will die in rags and filth. Let
them 80 die, and thank themselves. But no |
They take sort of recompense in cursing
fortune Great waste of breath. They might
as we'll curse the mountains or the eternal
hills. For we can tell them that fortune does
not give away good and substantial goods
She sells it to the highest bidder, to the hard
est and wisest worker for the boon. Men
never make 80 fatal a mistake as when they
think themselves creatures of fate 'tis the
sheerest folly in the world. Every man may
make or mar himself. whichever he may
choose. Fortune is for those who by diligence,
honesty, frugality, p ace themselves in posi-.
tion to grasp hold of fortune when it appears
in view The best evidence of frugality is
the FIVE dollars or more standing in your
name at the savings bank. The best evidence
of honesty consists in diligence and frugality.
The RELIABLE MAN.-Of all the quail
ties that combine to form good character,
there is not one more important than relia-
bility. Most emphatically is this true of the
character of a good business man. The word
itself embraces both truth and honesty, and
the reliable man must necessarily be truthful
and honest. We see so much all around Us
that exhibits the absence of this crowning
quality that We are tempted, in our bilious
moods, to deny its very existence. But there
are, nevertheless. reliable men, men to be
depended upon, to be trusted, in whom you
may repose confidence, whose word is as good
as their bond and whose promise is perform.
ance. If any one of you know such man
make him your FREUD. You can only do SO,
however, by assimilating his character.
The reliable man is man of good judg.
ment. He does not jump at conclusions. He
is not frivolous man. He is thoughtful.
He turns over subject in his miRd and looks
at it all around. He is not partial or one
sided man. He sees through thing. He
not have to talk great deal. He is mod
eTdIe Iudu, uOI ouly Ill Ills uoulIs VI oouy, out
also of mind. He is not passionate man if
so by nature, he has overcome it by grace.
He is sincere man, not plotter or schemer.
He does not promise rashly. What he says
may be relied on He is trustworthy man.
You feel safe with your property or the ad'
ministration of your affairs in his hands. He
is watchful, vigilant man. You feel secure
within his protection. He is brave man,
for his conclusions are logically deduced from
the sure basis of truth, and he does not fear
to maintain them. He is good man, for no
one can be thoroughly honest and truthful
without being good Is such a quality at.
tainable? Most assuredly so. 1t is not
born, it is made. Character may be formed ;
of course then its component parts may be
nodded to that formation.-Portland Price
Current.