The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-17


world. except liquor. and they are
often the cause OF each other
would advise my boys to shun debt
as they would snakes Make II a
rule of your young business lives to
pay for what you want or do with
out The doing without an article
will not cause half the pain that
being dunned for It will when you
cannot pay Little by little those
dimes were spent until not one re-
NAMED modestly rehuked myself
for letting the money slip away, but
made up my mind that a savings
bank, with key so near by, was a
flat failure.
My next effort at saving my dimes
was along somewhat different line.
found a salye box in our medicine
chest-a tin box that would hold
about six ounces OF salve cleaned
it and secured II and with my pocket
knife engraved my name on it. This
box took To the Carlinville National
Bank and asked them to keep 1t for
me. They kindly consented and when
ever | had saved handful of dimes
took them down and called for my
tin box and put them in it. was
two or three years in filling it, for
boys don't, at least didn't have
so many dimes to spare as boys do
nowadays
One fall there came to our town an
evangelist of large reputation and
with him beautiful singer. who has
since gone around the world singing
to the largest audiences ever gath
cred for religious worship These
two men did great good in our city
and many young man OF my ac-
,qunfnrance today points to those
meetings as the date OF his reforma-
ton. Their work impressed me great.
" and when the time came that they
should 20 elsewhere purse was be
ing made mp to pay them for their
work. cast about to see what !
could do or give that would in som,
degree liquidate my obligation fot
their work. | was short of money
SO turned over to the committee il
charge my salve box and its con.
tents. 1t was about full. and wher
they counted out twenty-five dollar,
in dimes ! thought then. and thinE
yet that those dimes, as they fount
their way into the money channels
represented little more sacrific,
and little more doing without than
most dimes do. ] was glad ! haC
them to give have never beer
sorry single minute for parting
with my two years and more o
saving, and challenge anyone 4
produce salve box of six ounces
fuller of value than this one was.
| From the time ! put the first dim
into the box up TO the morning wheY
1t was all counted out, | never tool
single piece of money out of it.
felt then and believe vet that ! ha'
solved the problem Of small savings
and that is. to put your money Sc
far away from YOU that there is NJ
temptation to spend it. The TO-
savings bank for children is no NOR
than plaything, because you pu
the money in it when You have
and shake It out when you want II
Building your savings account is Tx
building your character Little b.
little you add to your stature. Littl
by little you grow in strength I.ittl
by little you BECOME more saturate'
by deeds OF truth and right, unit
one day your character stands fort
so strong as to pay you a thousan
times for the care In building it.
Everywhere we are impressed tina
he who cannot master little thing
will not be called upon to maste
large things.
The boy who will not or canno
save his nickels and dimes will nc
soon have dollars to burden him
The world is looking and has alway
been looking for boys who wer
faithful in small things. These ar
the boys into whose care large
things are being entrusted ! merel
mention this in passing to remin
star-gaxing boys, the air castle boy
: and boys who long to be wealthy an
great that the greatest men we hay
either in brain or Drawn, or none
are the men who added little az
cumulations TO their stock as the
went along and when the large thine
came to them they were found pre-
pared for the increased responsible
tiles.
Ito be Concluded)
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