Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-09
METHODS or sglF-nELP.
n Need of Proseetioa for the Property a
Women-ffOv tn secure tn Th~m ths
Benefits sf wealth.

TIE Need Of Prs,esstoa for the Property 81
women-tfO- tn secure tn rh~m tAs
B~a~ass % Wealth
Side by side with the greater facili-
ties for making money in this country.
there exists the opportunity for greater
changes and ealamities in this direction
than the world eve saw before This
: seen in the history Of almost every
family. but il il still better illustrated
by the career Of great institutions. BE-
cause these NJ usually conducted in n
peculiarly cautiou. and conservative
MANNER. and thsiF funds would seem
safe from all but direct dishonesty. Yet
h0w ~unavailing i all human wisdom 10
protect them, Some twenty years ago
n Boston merchant. Benjamin Bussey.
created In his will certain trusts FOR the
benefit % Harvard University: leaving
money 20 the extent % nearly half a
millioe dollars. whose income. after
payment q certain aaauitie-. was 10 be
used. One-quarter for the Law
School. one-guarter for the Dfvin-
ity School. and onehalf for an
agricultural and horticultural school.
now known a. the BusSey In
stitu,ion. In his will. Mr.. Bus-ey stated
In substance that. having long observed
the fluctuations Of real estate in Boston.
he had taken pains "a invest his money
In q u approaching absolute GER
tainty. + e. in improved real estate in
the very heart OF Boston This wAs AL
that could be done for safety. i; then
seemed. by the most experienced in
weston. and after this n great stone
building. with ample greenhouse. vas
erected in 1871. and when the Bussey
Institution went into operation il was
believed that IL would BE- independent
Of students fees Then came the great
Boston IRE. and swept away the very
buildings which had been chosen a. the
one safe Investment; when they were
rebuilt, the expense was 50 much great
er As instantly to ea1-ea vast shrinkage
Of income; and the half share Of this in
come available for the Bus-ey ~Institu-
ton. which. in 1872 wa< &i6. HES. Is
now but some four or five Thousand dol
lars. not much more than enough to
cover the salary of n single professor.
Thus difficult Il |, for the utmost eau
ton and experience to discern what
method will keep wealth together even
when it i obtained. The wheel Of for
tune in these days il more disguised
than fOrmerly-covered with gliding.
yelled by rOses. but is IL the same old
wheel after all.
Others Of the great educational lBsti-
buttons Of the country-Harvard College
proper. Johns Hopkins. Boston Uni
versity-haye gone through some sir-
liar diversities OF fortune within the
last twenty years. II now il is thus
hard to preserve the property of co.,
lege. how much harder Ia preserve that
Of n woman. from loss or Disappearance,
Il Is subject to a thousand risks, not
merely fires and failures. water In
mines and strikes on railways. but it u
also Mt the mercy Of her own ignorance.
her impulses. her Gen-rUsitieS-of uD-
faithful guardians. speHdthrift brothers.
mereenary lovers. Every father wishes
tn guarantee a life OF comfort. or al
least Of safety. To hi. daughter; on
which i the better guarantee. 4 prop
erty invested in what seems the very
safest name like that of the Busy
Institution. or the irmer investment of
good health, good abilities and good
educatione \ young lady Was known.
who, having suddenly lost a large prop
erty. was utterly broken down By i.
and remained n helpless invalid for tho
rest OF her days A young lady 10
known. who. accustomed To all the hah-
it, OF wealth. has seen her expectations
of property suddenly vanish. and who.
having Just completed her college
course. has already with iniomitabls
energy found n place in journalism.
while her spirits and energies seem ut
teriy unimpaired- OF course. both
these are individual cases. but they in
dictate in some degree tn. difference be-
tween the old days and the new. wo-
men ara outgrowing the old habit OF
complete and disgraeeful dependence,
they are learning the lesson Of sslf-help
-Harper's Basar.