, 1888-12-27
A 100000 A YEAR.
How Millionaires Spend Their
Fat Fortunes FOOlishly.
Dyspepsia, GOut and Discomfort
Cost One Man S25O,0OO.
900 Yachts and Horses MOst
Expensive Luxuries.
Copyrighted, 1888, by the Author.1
How does man spend 800. 900 year

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on himselfp"
| This question received deep considera-
tion in the course OF conversation had
the other DiRht with three men as we went
home together. The subject was pretty
generally discussed. and as Que of thu men
had blown in u fortune Of q quarter of q
million In less than two years, and the
other, broker, was spending his own
enorm Gus income at rate that attracted
some attention to him, even Ia these days
OF extravagant men, the discussion brought
out some points that may interest the
average run of men who regard $1,000
bill as an adequate reward for several
months hard work.
II do not know where my money has
gone. remarked the spendthrift care.
lessly. lone can never tell. you know. II
did not worry me when had ii, and can
not say that miss it a great deal now
that 1t is gone"
"What did it buy ?" asked the broker,
the other rich man Of the party.
Dyspepsia. premonitory symptoms of
gout, an abiding restlessness Of spirit, and
q constitution that Ia pretty we'll Knocked
out of shape. Mike Donovan was speak.
ing about 1t tonight. could never get
time during the past two years to 60 UP
and put on the gloves with him, We
made a thousand appointments and every
ouo VI eueLh was otoAeu: oihce nave
got through, however, with my gigantic
task of disseminating the money, have
found time to 20 up and hammer myself
into shape"
THE FIRST INDULGENCE.
"You don't have to spend money; it
spends itself"
~ should say so," remarked the broker.
| ut reminds one of the story Of the man
who was beguiled into putting on pair
| OF .Over-gaiters. He was quiet, comfort
ably dressed man and unassuming sort Of
person until he was seized by desi-e
| for fashionable notoriety Ia his own, and
! it found vent in the purchase of beauti-
full pair of white duck CATERS. After he
had put them on he discovered that he
would need vanished boots to 20 on with
theu in good shape. He bought the boots
| and the first time he ventured out the chill
ing fact was borne to his mind that his
trousers were bit frayed at the bottom
and bagged at the knee. He looked like q
millionaire up to his ,instep, and like a
tramp above it. So be bought new pair
of trowsers, had them well ironed and
| creased, and then the difference between
his upper and lower balf was 30 shock
ingly apparent that he was obliged to buy
coat and waistcoat of fashionable cut
A rusty beaver with pair of duck over
CATERS was ghastly; so he bought new
one. BY this time his boots were worn
out and he had to begin over again.
1.-The result was that the poor begRar was
bankrupted In six months. purely through
his first indulgence. IL Is the same way
with money. The very instant your in.
come increases and you begin to spend it
in one direction. the whole balance Of life
experiences and surroundings must be
lifted accordingly. There can be no such
thing as half way measures. II u man
buys $4,000 trotter, as did three days
town, he certainly cannot afford to keep 1T
in livery stable, at S34 a month. That
is, he can afford it, but it is a dangerous
place to keep valuable horse. He must
have q private stable. That means q
coachman, and il you have stable 1T is
nothing to buy do9-cart, Victoria and
one or two other traps at from $500 to
$1,000 apiece to stick in it. You must
have a big nag to drive to your cart, ana
a good horse Is cheaper investment than
poor one. Before long you will find that
you need $780,
TWO HoI,sEs INSTEAD OF ONE,
as one goes lame or gets pink-eye, and
there you are with three horses in your
stable, and only one man to look after
them. Naturally, you've, got 10 have 6
hostler and a groom. The expense of ths
three horses, with the rent of the stable
the purchase, repairs. etc, will knocl
$4,000 year higher than Gilderoy's kite
J This sort of thing in my case came from
q the purchase of valuable trotter. Hs
was my overgaiter. Things seem chear
when you have little money. IL your
horses are not perfectly matched, every
man in your stable, and all of your
horse acquaintances, recommend teams
that look like duplicates Of the same
mold, and you cannot pick up u
paper without finding that some man
whose horses you admire has sold per-
fectly matched team or cobs Of cart horses
at some trihing sum like 5000 or 800.
; You are convinced that these horses are
, better than yours, as the horses in YOUR
stable have let you In for Sl400 or 1880.
Then comes pleasing but costly effort to
get two perfectly matched horses that can
be ridden to saddle, If you wish TO give Q
lady mounts that can be driven tandem
when yon choose that sort Of men, and
that will pair we'll beforea Victoria, with.
experience in this particular cost me
about $4,000 this year, but | have got
something to represent it..
"What?"
"Seven horses in my stable and an extra
hostler upstairs. IL you ask me how the
horses got there, am bound to admit that
haven't the fa,ntest notion. It IL like
the stable Of every other man who 10 look
ing for perfection In this branch of his
domestic service"
Are horses the most expensive item OF
your annual expenses? asked.
There was dead hush In the carriage
for moment, while everybody thought OF
AN affair In which the broker figured some
five months before. wherein suit for
brepch of promise by big-eyed actress, q
tale Of voc, diplomatic lawyer, and q