The daily gazette., 1883-01-10
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rh a New Wear Resolve Of q Club Man and
its Lucky Result.
New York Times.

New York Times.
nf am very much indebted to the TS'nss," I"
sa,d Young club man yesterday, TO re-
rnrter' nfor the Times has inside my Fortune.
have had just about enough spending
ronev for several years to pay my billiard
mi cigar bills, and now am perfectly in
denendept. It Is very comfortable feeling,
tod 10 be worth somewhere in the neighbor-
hood Of $2n0,000."
The reporter, OF course, asked for par
t'You see, ]" said the young man, "I saw
an article IN tho I1msa a good while ago
sboWiup how much money u man might
have when he was old II he saved the money
he would otherwise spend for ciRars-say,
80 cents u day. II figured up TO SiO9.5O for
the first year, and kept on increasing very
fast after that, TIL, after % YEAR, OF saving,
IL amounted TO more that $4,000 at COM
nound interest Well, could discount
mat, because | smoked more than three
cigars day, and paid more than
ten cents apiece for them. | never
smoked less than five day, and
always paid 25 cents apiece for them.
THAT made dollar day. / thought
Il would be good plan 70 have something
70 fall back on when got old, 20 Just made
10 my mind TO stop smoking and be rich
man. The first Of January thought would
be good time to quit, and set aside this
upper pocket in my vest to hold my cigar
fund--S1 day, end no nonsense. On Mon
day / stored away the dollar, and didn't care
TO smoke at all. Tuesday, another dollar,
and still dIdn'tcare much about It. On We'd
nesday In went the third dollar. wanted TO
smoke little on Wednesday but knew was
Getting rich and resisted. On Thursday
6apyed the fourth dollar. Well, on Thursday
night sat down 70 q quiet little game Of
poker and the boys Just about cleaned me
out had just 81 left, and | didn't want
to draw check because the Gov nor some
times wants u know what checks are for.
There was big jack pot that bad just been
opened, and wanted 70 STE whether could
better pair Of nines. IL took - to get In,
and / happened TO think OF the 81 In my
cigar fund. / thought / might as well
borrow that, and In she went. Sure as
you're alive they dealt me another nine and
i pair Of fours | won the pot, Of course,
with S45 In IT."
"Did you keep on playing 7" the reporter
asked him.
"lhe game was just breaking up" said
the Young man 'That $45 wasn't much
use to me, and concluded l would either
turn II Into few hundred or lose II en-
tirely. 20 / tackled baccarat. Well, TO
make long story short, came out OF the
DhccATAL Win over pobVOVs ~ was ail Wou
with my iour-dollar cigar fund, you know.
And now have the call ON that game, for
can keep right on smoking and let my
s. 900 be growing all the time. just
figure it up Tor yourself. She dou-
bles every ten years sure as fate.
That's 5000 In ten years, $4,000
In twenty years, S24,0O0 in thirty years,
5000 in in lorty years, $9B 900 in hity
years and $l92,000 In sixty years. That's
nearly $2OO,O at ordinary compound In
terest. But BY judiclous investments can
make her double that. 1t makes my head
swim to think Of II. Pm not much past 30
now and that will make me 80, when |
reach the venerable iourscore I'll have
S20O, 900 or SJ00,000 waiting for me. It's
ell, mind you, because | stopped smoking
for tour days. 1t was a good investment
and | advise all young men TO stop smoking
and get rich. Have a cigarW