The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
IF WE ONLY WOULD SAY NO
.Cari Pre,.els Weekly

Somebody sad. When there's a will there's gay: bu, the great obstacle 10 be overcome m reaching the way is the lack Of courage to form the much needed will. The grea; sin of the age IS exuav- aganoe; that IS living beyond one 5 means, or a, least spending more than can be done with safety. Hence disas- ,efs, come finding thousands of persons unprep4red 10 meet them, and butter se- gIets follos, h not bodily or lnentA sui iering. We certainly admire that Liad of pride which makes itself man lies, to the fullest extent of ones abilities, but when II assumes the habilimen,s of de- eel, !, be ,omes obnoxious 10 every honest person, besides deserving the severes, condemnation.
 Poverty is said 10 be no crime, although all will admit Il IS very inconvenient al, times, bu, fl NC were to ladge majority of persons from their acuons in trying 10 hide from then associates and aoquaint. anoes the tact in regard to their financial affairs, one might suppose tha, 10 be shor, of funds was something far worse than a crime Now this trying to keep up appearances and do as others do. whether II can be aff1rced or not, has be- come the bane of soe.ety. and like hat IS called mimicry among insects, produces a nondescrip, race very d fii ait 10 resign or ass,gn to Us proper place Tn the order to which Il evidently belongs Of course se are not advocating the exposure of A mans business affairs to everybody with ~hom he comes Tn business or friendly relations. but ~e do hold that he has no right to pretend to be any better of m worldly goods than he IS in iac for to do so IS a deception which is but another name for dishonesty.
 IL may come ever so hard sometimes to say no, when offered things desued but winch innot oe afforded but If we would all do this, what an amount of trouble might be avoided There would be fe~ pressing debts al times most m coneen,en, 10 bc met mortgages and notes of and drawing high rates oi in- teres, would become far less plentiful than now. although such hange nigh, take much business from the lawyers and courts of justice. We would think tha every one of our readers should ihink of ihis. especially those who complain the most bitterly of hard tunes Ask your self fl some oi the debts pressing ,ou could not have been avoided had you said no at the proper time and place :, In fact, look for mistakes made m the past, and try to avoid a repetition of them n the future. Forget or become totally nlnd 10 sha, you, neighbor may be do-
 ing Tn the way of hae horses. carriages harness. furniture. or other luxuries and eorveniences, until you can say, $ am out of debt. and there IS money in my pocket or deposited m the bank 10 pay for wha, want" ard by that tune your wants will be limited to the amour, of spare cash on hand.
 There is pleasure in seli-denial that
 majority of our people never expe- rienced, md 1t comes in most gloriously, and is extremely satisfactory to the one praoticing it when he can say, "I owe no man." and at the same time has hun dred dollars in his pocket, but wanting some article costing two. he refuses to purchase until, through seif-deni>I, the other hundred IS obtained. l, requires some courage to adop, such system of hving nd dealing .bu, II has this AS recom- mend-,ion-It ii IS perfectly safe.