Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-04-27
Tho Gospel Of saving.

In recent number of the Satur,
day Evening Post Russell Sage pre-.
sents some of the beat advice thai
has ever been given to young mer
regarding the handling of their
money. In the course of the article
he says:
"No matter how fast man may
make mnney, he owes il 10 society
as well as to himself TO be economi.
cal.
"Any young man who will live NJ
to the following set of rules will ge,
more genuine happiness out of life
than his neighbor who violates them
"Out of every dollar earned save
twenty-five cents. Save seventy
five cents if you can, but never less
than twenty-five.
"Get up at regular hour every
morning, and work until the things
that are before you are finished
Don't drop what you have in hand
because it is five O'clock.
"Be honest; always have the cour-
age to tell the truth.
"Don't depend on others. Even
if you have rich father, strike out
for yourself.
"Cultivate independence at the
very outset.
"Learn the value of money. Real
ize that it stands, when honestly
made, as a monument to your value
as citizen.
"Be jealous of your civic rights.
Take wholesome interest in public
affairs, but do not let tpolities, or any
thing else, interfere with the rigid
administration of your private duties.
The State is made up of individuals.
"Be clean and decent. Don't do
anything that you would be ashamed
to discuss with your mother.
"Don't gamble.
"Be oircumspect in your amuse-
ments.
"In connection with amusements,
| have never been able to understand
why the young men of to-day deem
the theater as an absolute essential
in seeking diversion. An evening
with a good book is, or ought to be,
more satisfying to the young man of
brains than an evening in a hall
where lot of make believe charac.
ters are strutting up and down the
stage like children at masquerade.
When the human race reaches it's
highest mental development there
will probably be no theaters."
Il
"What Do You Mean to Be, David Z"
David was acting as cabin boy to
his father, brave George Farragut,
who had taken part in the Revolu-
tionary and the Indian wars, and
who, on this occasion, as sailing
master of the fleet, was on his way to
New Orleans with the infant navy of
the United States. The boy thought
he had the qualities that make a
man. 81 could swear like an old
SALT" he says, "could drink as stiff a
glass of grog as if l had doubled
Cape Horn, and could smoke like
locomotive. | was great at cards,
and was fond of gambling in every
shape. AT the close of dinner, one
day." he continued, as the story is
related by William M. Thayer, amy
father turned everybody out of the
cabin, locked the door, and said to
me: David, what do you mean to
be p
"'l mean to follow the sea- I said.
Follow the seap exclaimed
father; yes, be a poor, miserable,
drunken sailor before the mast.
kicked and cuffed about the world,
and die in feyer-hospital in some
foreign clime,p
"'No father 1 replied, Il will
tread the quarterback, and command,
as you do
"'No, David no boy ever trod the
quarterback with such principles as
you have, and such habits as you
You will have to change
your whole couse of life, if you ever
become man.
"My father left me and went on
deck. l was stunned by the rebuke,
and overwhelmed with modification.
"a poor, miserable, drunken sailor
before the mast, kicked and cuffed
about the world, and die in some
fever r-hospitalP That's my fate, is
Il? I'll change my life, and 1 will
change ii at once. | will never utter
another oath, never drink another
lrop of intoxicating liquor, never
GAMBLE and as God is my Witness"
said the admiral, solemnly, 81 have
sept those three vows to this hour"