The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10
From Other Pens
MONEY AS LIFE OBJECT.

MONEY AS LIFE OBJECT.
A Connecticut man died the other
day at the age OF ~, sfter spending
his life az a Waterman at 81 q day,
He lived the life Of q recluse when on
duty, spending no money save for abb
solute necessities, and subsisting. SO
his relatives say, almost entirely on
bread and onions. But he saved
money and invested 1t shrewdly. 30
that when he died he left an estate
Of $4,000. It would be interesting to
know what he thought about as all
those years passed. Doubtless he
took pleasure in accommodating that
money. ana it was probably q source
Of satisfaction to him that he would
not be dependent on charity in his old
age. But evidently money had no
value to him except as money. 1t did
not represent travel, or leisure, or ac-
Quaintance with the world, or person.
al comforts and luxuries. 1t did not
appear to him as means whereby he
might relieve the necessities of his
fellow men. for il he did not spend it
on himself. neither did he spend it ON
others. Now that he is dead the
money will be divided among a small
army of nephews and nieces, for
whom he seemingly cared little in life,
and his painfully accumulated treas
ure will be scattered far and wide.
He was Of q class from which q broad
outlook could hardly be expected, but
he was not. after all, SO very different
from a host OF other men Of q sup
posedly higher grade of intelligence
and aspiration who spend their lives
in the pursuit of wealth. having little
use for it when 1t IL gained except to
add more to its sum. They have no
pleasure except in the making of
money, and their lives are hardly less
circumscribed than that Of the Con-
necticut Waterman. They have
hn nj Int v%nk .s~H~ o.
When they finish their labors they
have dollars. but they have missed
what Is better than dollars To seek
wealth Tor the mere sake OF wealth,
and to concentrate all the energies
and interests on that pursuit, is a
sorry waste of existence that might
have meant something more and bet
ter.-Indianapolis Star.
SEVEN WONDERS OF WORLD.
The ancient seven wonders of the
world have about disappeared. Only
one remains-the Pyramids. The
other six are quite forgotten-the
Babylon, the Temple of Diana at
Babylon. the Temple of Diana OF
Ephesns, the statue of Jupiter at Ath-
ems, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus,
the Colossus at Rhodes. and the Pha-
ros of Alexandria. All these wonders
were b. C.
But we have an entirely new series
now. They are brought out by q
newspaper in Germany. which offered
prizes to eight persons who agreed on
the seven wOndes of the twentieth
century. They named: Wireless tel
egraphy, the Panama Canal, the dtrie-
fble airship. the flying machine. RAJ
dunn. the cinematograph. and the
steamship Imperator. How different
these from the ancient seven wonders
Of the world.
They don't seem to have q thing in
common. There was not . single util-
in the modern everything IL utility.
Tombs. temples. statues, ETC., compris-
ed the old wonders; but now, the sew
en- wonders figure in the life of the
people. They are aids to civiliaxation.
They are the expressions of inventive
genius. Great change this from An.
tiquity.-Ohto State Journal.