Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25
.EHJoY WHAT YOU nave.

ENJOY WHAT YOU NAVE.
Kirk Armour died the other day In
Kanaas City. sHe ves worth over
seYen millions ct dollars. He died At
the age OF forty.neyen. % He had
everything to make life most. pleasant
and enjoyable, bas he Wa % wrapped
lup In his buaaem and looked shout
thedetails, be could not take time TO
rest his brain or bis body. They
fwers worn ont end needed rest, but
the sveroeonstAnt desire TO increase
the already ovsr:6llel cofars,. sent
him. to IN lntimsly grave. His wife
and children viii know batter bow to
enjoy this than be did. He should
lhavelived thirty years. longer.
1 We wore walking through Grace
1 Wood cemetery in Chicago last
mouth and We saw the plain shaft that
marked the resting plsce of F. D
lArmor. vho vss at the head of the
Armors Packing Company of the
world and ives worth over twenty
millions of dollars. He passed away
almost broken hearted because of the
loss of his son whom he depended
upon to lessen his burdens and pro-
long hisslife in taking care of his bus
mess. He might have rested years
1 ago and been still alive had he just
Thought 90 and wanted to, but it was
the last dollar he made that broke his
hesrt and took his life.
|. When are you going to commence
to enjoy. life? When you get another
'crop, when you get Ave or. ten years
oldsrs Perhaps it never viii come be-
cause maybe you will wear Yourself
! out before that time.
Pullman, of the great Pullman Car
Company, year before he died was
making arrangements to take life
easy. Had he done this several
years before that time he might have
been living. today and enjoying life.
So you see that in this life it matters
/ not whether man be rich or whether
| he be in moderate circumstances.
There is . tendency. in this rustic and
bustle and busy life, to kill ourselves
in the.pnrsuit of the. almighty dollar.
Is it not plain suicide after all?
A man don't have to be worth 8
great amount of money to be happy
In this life. In fact we sometimes
Think the richest are the most I'M
happy. A man who accumulates and
spendsohis money economically as he
goes along, for his own enjoyment
and the enjoyment Of his wife and
children, is really getting more of
Ilifes pleasure and enjoyment than any
other: sclass of. people. He saves up
Something for q rainy day, for sick
ness, or for hard times, but he, always
manages to make home a, little more
pleasant each year. by putting in a
! little more furniture, some carpets,
curtains Qace, chenille, or damask)
some rugs, or new cook or heating
stove just as they need it.and just
what will make the whole family en-
Hoy it.
The great trouble in this life is to
know just exactly how far we can go,
when we shall stop, what We can af-
ford and what we cannot afford But
there are go many who are always
going to get new buggy for their
wife and children to enjoy, are always
going to get some wall paper to max e
the different rooms more beautiful
are always going to get the Kroeger
or Smith and Barnes piano, or New
man organ, but keep putting it of
4 until the time never comes in their
life, and then when they die the fam
lily realize that they can afford it and
could have afforded it long. time
| ago, and wonder why father. had moi
done this long ago, how much enjoy
ment he would have had out OF life
and the enjoyment of the things with
his wife and children and neighbors
Money unused can bring no pleas
; ures to anyone but the miser. HI
J cas- die hugging his money bag, bui
he is unliked,' unwept, and unaough
|, for.
Won't you pardon US if We make 4
suggestion? Perhaps it will be o
! more benefit to you If followed out
d thaneyou think 50. Won't you con,
suit your wife and children upon VIVA
theyo think would suit than best II
making them the happiest in th'
home, and then won't you think i
, over and see if you cans, really afford
il? Then if you can, won't you pleas
., let us simply add our suggestion BY
showing you the different lines of fur,
! niture, carpets, curtains, rugs, cool
! stoves, heating stoves, buggies, an6
saeh other things as you may need il
the home?
ii IF you will look at the late report o
, Mr.. Coburn, Secretary of the Stat
Beard of Agriculture, yous will fine
that feed properly ground is the .bes