The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-13
THRILLING EXPENSES.
Children should Early Learn Their impc
-tant Significance. ts.

Children should Early Learn Their isnpor-
=.- tant Significance. ...
Ben Franklin had a wise old head
when he advised his readers TO take care
OF the pennies because the pounds would
take care of themselves The boy in
whose pockets the pennies burn holes
will understand the difficulty OF taking
care OF tho pennies and like as not de-
clare that it can not be done. z..Z-4
II don't know" says Rob Reckless,
.swhat becomes OF my money Only yes.
terday changed the dollar that Uncle
Tom gave me, and only bought glass
OF soda, and now ! have only a dime left.
Where can it have gomez"
my, how money does fly!" exclaimed
Edith Random. What will papa
say when he discovers that my months
allo.vance has only lasted a week?
! Where did it go? really cant tell I
remember treating the girls to ices yes
terday and buying ribbon the day be-
fore, and two pairs of gloves last Satur-
day, and OH, dear, don't ask me where
it has gone!"
t-Bat=th that is just question every
boy giri-shoufd- ask themselves
when they find their money disappear
ing
ut is good thing to keep an account
of your small ex penses,4n John Bigele@,
OK Minister to France, and a man of
wealth, once said to an acquaintance, as
he entered an item in his note book.
His listener smiled at the remark, but,
being sensible fellow, he took it to
heart. In recently telling tho story OF
his experience, no said that up to that
time he had never thought OF the amount
It annually cost him for cigars and other
sundries lie began to itemize the cost
| dailyAHe was amazed at the end OF the
year when he footed up the sum OF $3.50.
| A change was wrought in him, and he
determined that he would keep such cx-
pcnscs down to one third of the sum in
question.
..And now" he said. within ten years
have profted by Mr.. Bigelow's advice
to tho amount Of five thousand dollars,
which have handed over to my wife To
keep for hard times. And | have not
become mean, either"
Now it Is not likely that any boy or
| girl who reads these lines squandcrs
S750a year on little expenses; bnt they
may squander SIS, or perhaps only 81 so.
and the lesson is obvious
A great many little expenses are in
Cured for such useless objects that the
money might as well be thrown into the
| street, and it Is these expenses that an
cxpcnse-book would check
1t is not mean" to5keep an account
OF little expenses Tho United States
Government requires all postmastcrs to
collect and sell waste paper and string,
and render an account Of the money
| realized from, the sale; army officers are
required to account for every hammer,
bitof harness, yard of cloth or gilt but
ton; and tho Weather Bureau requires
its observers to report the dispositions Of
every postage stamp.
So it is in every great mercantile or
manufacturing establishment, tho little
expenses are rightly looked after. be-
cause experience has shown that in the
| aggregate they amount to large sums.
Take care OF the pennies by noting
where they go, and you will be surpris-
ed to find how the practice will act as a
check on useless expenditure. Keep
guard on the little expenses. and you
will have no trouble With the big ones
--Golden Days.