The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-04

majority OF cases De relied On.
So the habit of saving is good one
These who contract it in early life
will generally become rich that is,
they will have something ahead.
They will have assets sufficient to
meet all liabilities, and a handsome
balance. Every man of this stamp is
q rich man, whether he is rated So
600, 100000 or 100000. The
ambition to be rich, that 10,
to be worth property, to be
Independent pecuniarily, is a
proper one. 1t would be we'll were
it shared by a larger number of per-
SONS. We wish everybody was fore
handed and that there were no poor
people. 1t seems to us that every
able-bOdied, healthy man or woman
Dug bit to be setf-sustaining, and We
believe more might be if inclined to.
make the effort.
But there is no good reason why
the individual who has set out to be
rich should be in particular haste.
Life We know, lie short, and for that
reas on there is no need of hurrying.
One who thinks be may die at 40 or
30 should be moderate in his desires.
A moderate fortune should satisfy
him, and this may be acquired, if one
is blessed with health, in the good
cid way, by keeping busy, by practis-
ing economy; in a word, by keeping
the outgoes within the income. Who
ever is industrious and frugal is very
likely to gain property, to get ahead.
to be accounted well-to-do. His
chances are a great deal better than
are those who deal in margins, buy
stocks or invest in lottery tickets
1t is presumed that, the patrons of the
"bucket shops" do sometimes make
ga strike" that persons do now and
then get something for nothing; but
there is nothing certain about it; in
fact, one lie almost. certain to lose.
The best plan is to try and earn what
you get. 1t may not always bring
riches, but it will do it a great deal
sftener than the more speedy one
And speaking Of riches, the term is
one of very great indefniteness. A
man may be accounted rich in one
locality and poor in another. The
standard by which persons are esti-
mated varies enormously. Gov.
Marcy, while in discharge of bis of
fetal duties, happened to be called on
by man whom he had known early
in life. The governor was, of course,
interested In knowing how his old
time friend lad got along in the
world and inquired after his pecuniary
circumstances. His visitor admitted
that he had been quite successful, and
In reply to the direct question as to
the value of bis worldly effects, stated
that he believed he was worth $3.50 !
Now, in the rural districts, a man
who is worth from $4,000 to $685.
900 is considered rich. In other To-
calities a man should have $3.50, 900
to be called rich and in others he
would have to possess $4,000, 900.
So the term lacks defniteness. A
man worth million or ten millions
would be esteemed rich by some per-
sons, but w. III. Vanderbilt and Jay
Gould would probably not SO regard
them. In truth, there are few per-
sons so well liked" ia life that there
are not those in better shape, that is,
having greater possessions. The man
who Owls two railroads is more of a
fellow than the owner of a single
road while the proprietor of dozen
should be well up among the men of
substance.
And yet it is not large possessions
that make men rich. A man may
have a great deal of money or other
property and yet be poor. He feels
poor and he cannot be made to under.
stand that he is not poor. A man
may be better eff than any of those
around him he may have the means