The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-12-24

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ECONOMY IN LITTLE THINGS.
Suggestions Tor hose Hou"s ana o1.'
Often we fail to take note OF how
much can DO accomplished through the
accumulation of pecuniary tribes saved.
Wealth comes from careful savings.
more than from large earnings. "A little
laid by every year and put at interest
soon counts up. A single deposit even
grows to handsome proportions, A
gentleman at Taunton, Massachusetts,,
has shown US o savings-bank book
which teaches q lesson 10 those who
despise the day of small things. A
deposit Of twenty dollars, placed for
him by his grandfather in . savings
bank at Newport, Rhode Island, in
1827-and afterward increased to thirty
dollars, by the addition of ten dollars.
in 18S2-amounted in 1874 to over four
hundred dollars.
Our rising generation should be re-
minded that there is no virtue SO easy
of practice, and yet SO recklessly disre-
garded. as economy in little things.
Steady. small savings grow into inde-
pendence so easily that 1t is more than
wonderful to hear persons who have
power to make them complain OF how
hard the world goes with them. A
young fellow with . ten-cent cigar in
his mouth some three Of which he
will smoke in day-will unblushingly
say he cannot make both ends meet,
any way he can manage. the while he
is putting off in smoke the very means
through which he could be rich in this
worlds goods.
Samuel Lee, Professor OF Hebrew at
the University Of Cambridge. England,
was seventeen years OF age before he
conceived the idea OF learning foreign
language; out of the scanty pittance OF
his weekly earnings as q carpenter he
purchased a book, and when this was
read he exchanged it for another, and
thus he advanced in knowledge. He
had not even the privilege Of balancing
between reading and relaxation. but
was obliged to pass directly from bodily
fatigue to mental exertion. During the
six years previous to his twenty fifth
wear he omitted none Of the hours usu-
ally appropriated to manual labor, and
he retired to rest regularly at ten o. clock
in the evening; and YET, at the age Of
thirtv-one vears. he had actually learned
Il seve,steem LANGUAGES!
| This illustrates the value Of spare
minutea Many careless people waste
more time every day than is needed tc
make them masters Of science. il well
used. Some great works have beer
written IN intervals of ten or fifteer
minutes from regular employments.
Anv Young person who will find ar
hour . day for reading can easily &C
quire large learning. Try what yor
can do. Begin now. In after year,
|. YOU will look back upon the task Is thu
most pleasant and profitable Won eve
performed.
Sir Ashley Cooper had, perhaps, tn,
largest income ever received by sur
,, reon In england. 1t amounted In som,
Years to About $3.50. 900. But onl,
,, through great hardships did he reaci
this Wonderful success. When a stu
dent in the Edinburgh University, h,
lived in q very modest way in third
story room. at an expense of about ,
: dollar and half week. The first yea
after he settled in London his who'll
income amounted to only tscenty-fv
dollars!
We are told that well-known Ameri
can professor once entertained Prof
Agassiz on dinner consisting of pota
2 toes and salt Three times week. to
: many years, this custom had been KEEP