The Osceola times., 1888-08-11
METHODS or setr..,-,. .

The Need Of Prstsction for the -
Benefits Of wealth. @s> u
Side by side with the ere,...
ties for making money in thi, oa leu.
there exists the opportunity for n'I oI
changes and calamities In this d;s.e
than the world ever saw before %
Is seen in the history of almo., 1hs
family, but 1t is still better iN,..eg
by the career Of great institutes.
cause these are usually conduc,sa ~
peculiarly cautious and conse-.as
manner, and their funds would .s ~
safe from all but direct dishone.tv % W.
how unavailing is all human visdo,a ~
protect them! Some twenty wear.
Boston merchant, Benjamin Rr.."
created in his will certain trusts ~, \,
benefit Of Harvard University; lea,;. '
money to the extent Of nearly h,n
million dollars, whose income. a..
payment of certain annuities, was nh
used, one-quarter for the Ia.
School, one-quarter for the Div,
ity School, and one-haf for !,
agricultural and horticultural schoo
now known as the Bussey In.
stitution. In his will, Mr.. Bussey STAT.
in substance that, having long observe
the fluctuations Of real estate in Bo.,o,
he had taken pains to invest his mo,s,
In a manner approaching absolute ss,.
tainty. |. G., In improved real estate /,
the very heart Of Boston. This wa. an
that could be done for safety, II than
seemed, by the most experienced in.
weston; and after this a great ston.
building, with ample green-houses, xm
erected in 1871. and when the Busse,
Institution went into operation II v,.
believed that 1t would be indepepden,
OF students fees. Then came the eros.
Boston fire, and swept away the YER,
buildings which had been chosen q ths
one safe investment; when they were
rebuilt, the expense was 30 much great
er as instantly 70 cause vast shrinkass
OF income; and the half share OF this in.
come available for the Bussey Institu.
tion. which, In 1872 was $l6,4475S ID
now but some four or five thousand ds.
lars, not much more than enough ID
cover the salary Of single professor
Thus difficult Is 1t for the utmost eau.
ton and experience to discern wha,
method will keep wealth together even
when it is obtained. The wheel Of for.
tune in these days is more disguised
than formerly-covered with gliding,
veiled by roses, but IL u the sams Old
wheel after all.
Others Of the great educational insti
tutions Of the country-Harvard Collsg,
proper. Johns Hopkins, Boston uni
versity-have gone through some sim
liar diversities OF fortune within tn
last twenty years. II now it Is thu
hard to preserve the property OF q ~
lege, how much harder 70 preserve tha
Of a woman, from loss or disappearanss
II is subject TO a thousand risks, 90
merely fires and failures, water
mines and strikes on railways, but II
also at the mercy Of her own Ignorance
her impulses, her gensrosities-of u
faithful guardians, spendthrift brother
mercenary lovers. Every father wish'
70 guarantee life OF comfort, or |
least of safety, to his daughter; b.
which is the better guarantee, prcl
erty invested In what seems the yer
safest manner, like that Of the Buss
Institution, or the frmer investment I
good health, good abilities and goo
educationp A young lady was know
who, having suddenly lost large proE
erty, was utterly broken down by \
and remained helpless invalid for th
rest of her days. A young lady
known, who, accustomed to all the hal
its OF wealth, has seen her expectation
OF property suddenly vanish. and who
having just completed her colleg
course, has already with indomitsbl
energy found place in Journalism
while her spirits and energies seem Ut
terly unimpaired or course, bot
these are individual cases, but they In
dicate in some degree the difference b
tween the old days and the new. VIZ
men are outgrowing the old habit
complete and disgraceful dependence
they are learning the lesson OF seIi-heil
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