The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-02-07

cotton futures, gaming or TO marry
rich is the idea. The millionaires
who have made their fortunes by
/ speculation have set them the OK
ample and these methods ere ap-
| proved and indorsed by society and
the church. If d man makes hun
dred thousand dollars by cotton IT,
lures, or coraeriug the meat or the
bread OF the country, it is all right.
provided he gives . thousand or 50
to She church. ! know Just such a
man who never earned an honest
dollar IN his life made president of
the L. NJ, G. A, Nc millionaire
ever earned his money. He may
have inherited it, or it may have
come oy some accident Of fortune,
out he hsyar earned it, Ii can't be
lcEe. II IL j." Asaihi" No one
III
/ man can earn nlllion dollars
These great ,rtGDes have been
rat, by force or fraud, and made
al the expense ot the people. The
reJl velu, If meat or wheat, or cot
ton, or sugar. Is not increased by a
! rise IA thu lrice. When sugar is
seven cents pound and is sudden
T. caroc~ed up 10 c ,ht cents it is
tn" same - robvIne. tno CONSUMER
Ola cent GA CIV ~ nonLd. But this
s an old etory-a cL.3tl ut. don t
care 80 ma b 'iUCdI IN. eel a pound
but the example is 80 BAD TO our
Young men, whep IL ay zee mil
llonaire riding over the country in
his private car and pulled up and
bloa,ed With surplus money land the
nev ! .rrs make much ado over his
a41isai SD speak Z. han as bril-
Ian, exau plal Of enterprise and sa
| gaeitY, and call .him a commercial
.lu-. AMI all that, the young man
! no IS clerking at flfE, dollars "a
| wcAta, s.ghs and woHi eTS ifhe can't
! FL / some nl aver cut to fortune, and
| he buys a lottery Ii" ct its only
two do1lsrs and Il kflf-nr he slips
round ~ nigh. to tie cotton eX-
change and vcntd. Is Ten dollars en-
the hazard. The trouble is it takes
too much to keep tho n d >r1 young
man going; to much to leep aim in
haling distance Of responsibility;
too much to keep nm wlth the girls
en-. be popular 5 Getty is very
eXtraye gan, n vary 2xacting and
livery a'hacuvo. I baN o. & german
is ;rst,s deH~htfui, but it costs a
yong uao about two dollars pop.
/ d ,n't Ike oociety Il strains my
habits, my content ,nd M Lurse.
Sou etimes ] rev can hi n it, and
1t nearly kills me. | wish that
wash such an I'D 'osy About
5venty-fo + hours If aociety uses
INC up, and | feel Ike i little boy
who wants to GO hcm5:. The last
time | was 1nu. Mt thew hid swell
dinner, and there were six folks at
every plate, ana | don't know 10
, many spoons. / got d3moralized AT
J the start J drought that would
watcn the Others, and do as they
did, bat unfortunately the servant
tackled me first, aNd presented q
, waiter with 3 V hoie lv5 of little sill
) yer screws on anapkin. What they
were tor | had no more iGea than
the man N he moon, hut l sorter
gagged the lou to the number of
5 guests, an took tour. A sly glance
r around Il = able discovered the
, fact that the others were watching
me, and 50 they all took four apiece
100. | aid tnsu Down by my plate
and waited Tor sigrs. | looked at
| the hostess and ahe looked al me
: with a kiuily mile that encouraged
, rae and | id: MADAM, ifyou will
excuse me >lease, uaam, really dc
not know What to DO wich these
| screws. NJ tir's'ivo organs are
| not SO strong IS they used to be and
r /
, She burst out late fit Of laugh
ing and sGid, "Why, Major, the
] screws are no. to eat; they are tc
= fasten your napkin with; we don
5 use pms now; pins arc shoddy."
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