Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-06-07
RUNNING IN ossr.
Don't Do u NJ You wi.h to ias Happy and
Rraperteh.

Respected.
Says Douglas Jerrold: s'of what hide
ous progeny is debt the father What
lies, what meanness, what inVasions OF
selt-respect. what cares, what double
deaiing How. in due season, ID will
carve the frank. open face into wrinkles.
how. like a knife, il will stab the honest
heart"
man has no business 10 live in style
which his income can not support. or To
mortgage his earnings of next week or
OF next year, in order to live luxuri.
onsly to-day. The whole system ~
debt. by means Of which VIZ forestall
and anticipate the future, il wrong
They are almost as much to blame who
give credit, and encourage customers to
take credit. az those are who incur
debts man knows what his actual
position Is IL he pays gs he goes. He
san keep within his means, and SO ap.
portion his expenditures A. to reserve
fund OF savings against time Of need.
lie Is always balanced up; and II he
buys nothing hut what he pays for III
cash. he can not fail TO be on the crcdi,
side Of his household accounts at thu
years end.
But once let him commence the prac.
tice OF running up bills. and he never
knows how he stands. lie il deceived
into debt: the road is made smooth and
pleasant for him; things fow into The
house for which he does not seem 10
pay. But they are all set down agains,
him; and at the years end. when the
bills come up, he is ready TO lift up his
hands In dismay. Then he finds that
the sweet of the honey will not repay
for the smart OF the sting.
Men OF genius are equally facile in
running into debt. Genius has no neces.
sary connection with prudence or self
eonstraint, or does Ii exercise any infln.
ence over the common rules Of arith-
metic which are rigid and inflexible
Men OF genius are often superior 70
what Bacon calls "the wisdom Of busi.
ness" Yet Bacon himself did not follow
MS own advice. but was ruined hy his
imprOviaence. He was in straits and
difficulties when n youth, and in still
<.eatcr straits and difficulties when a
man. His life was splendid; hut his
excessive expenditure involved him In
lebts which created a perpetual craving
tor money. One day in passing out 10
I Is ante-ehambers. where his followers
waited for his appearance. ne said. .sBe
seated, my masters, your rise has been
my fall" To supply his wants, Bacon
took brihes, and was thereupon beset
I by his enemies, convicted, degraded
+ and ruined.
From his sad experience. no one could
/ speak with greater authority on the
! subject Of debt than Jonson DO not
/ accustom yourself" he wrote 10 Ros-
we'll. ITO consider debt only an ineon-
+ vcnience; you will find 1t calamity.
Let IL be your first care not TO be in any
/ mans debt. Whatever you have, spend
I less Frngality i not only the basis Of
! Iuiet, hut of benetieance." To Simpson.
+ the barrister, he wrote small debt.
trc like small shot: they are rattling on
Every side. and can scarcely be escaped
without wound; great debts are like
annon. of loud noise, but little danger.
i You must therefore be enabled to dis
hargn petty debts, that you may have
/ leisure. with security. 10 struggle with
the rest sir" said he 10 the patient
md receptive Boswell, get as much
+ peace - mind as you can, and keep
+ within your income. and yon won't 20
+ far wrong. - Maxwell Frazer, LII. d..
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