The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-09-14


Many plans have been suggested for
getting rich 0uickly, and some Of th0ao
are 60 pianUibl e and alIurinR that multi
tudos haeb boon indned 80 iVeat n
then |t eavibgE which led been oecu-
mn1ai 81 hard labor and severe econ
omy. Is 9 needless % sag that, except
In the case az few stool cons. who
wefa 1wea 70 mahe large profte 20
that success might deceive others,
and 90 tham into the net, ell these
prof. ates hava led 20 disaster or ruin. n
IL q cDri0s fact, however, that some Of
thoto WHO invested IN such ssget-rich-
quiz N" schemes were probably fully
aware Of TIE fraudulent character. and
went INTO The speculation with their
eyek open, IN the hope that they might
be ali0Wed,to become the stool pigeon,
and in This way come cat Of the enter
prise With q large balance on the right
s side. No regret can be felt when a
bird 'of this kind Gets plucked.
But b. the following simple method
ieverf one may become his own pro-
motep, and b abort time accumulate
q small fortune. 10 would seem that al
most any one conld save one cent for
the fret day OF the month, two cents
for TIE Beeond, four cents for the third,
and e. on. Now, il you will do this for
thirty days we will guarantee you the
possession Of quite nice little fortune.
See how easy II Is to become a million
aire on paper; and, by the way, it is
only on paper that such schemes ever
succeed.
II, however, you should have any
doubt in regard TO your ability to lay
aside the required amount each day,
perhaps you can induce some prosper
orG and avariciOus employer to accept
the following tempting proposition;
! I. Offer to work for him for a year, pro
ylded he pays you one cent for the first
week, two cents for the second, four
for the third, and so on to the end Of
the teEn. Surely your services would
increase IN value in corresponding
ratio, and many business men would
have had such proposition accepted
over and over again; the only dificulty
wis that when we insisted upon securi-
ty.. for the last installment of our wages.
our would-be employers could never
come to time. And we would strongly
urge upon our readers that il they ever
make such q bargain, they get full Sc
cuEity for the last payment, for they
wiz find that when it becomes due there
viii not be money enough in the whole
world to salty the claim.
xhe entire amount Of money in circu-
latton among all the nations of the
world mot the wealthy is estimated at
somewhat less than SIG, 600, 600, 900, and
the last payment would amount to IF
teen hundred times that immense sum.
The French have a proverb that cit
is the first step that cost" (c'est lie
premier pas qui cOute); but in this case
it Is the last step that cost, and it costs
with q vengeance.
While on this subject, let me suggest
to my readers to figure up the amount
Of which they will be possessed if they |
will. begin at fifteen years of age and |
save ten cents a week Cor sixty years,
depoeiting the money in a savings bank |
as often as it reaches the amount re-
4uired for a deposit, and adding the
interest every six months. Most per-
lOns will be surprised at the result
From Phin's ''Seven FOllies of Science. :"
D. Van Nostrand Company, Publishers,
New York.