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Show The Ctja of McKay. There is a lesson for young, men in the case of 'Alexander McKay, who was sent to jail the oth-r Iay in this 'city because he had no home and no one to care for him. ' lie is seventy years old and destitute. He has to friends, no familv. 1IE IS AS SOLITARY AS TIIE LAST MAX WILL BE WHEN' THE EARTH CEASES TO BE INHABITED SAVE BY ONE: We have no desire to dwell upon the condition of this poor old man. whose pitiful story was told in The Telegram Saturday. We feel deep sympathy and sorrow for him and we would be glad to do anything any-thing to cheer him and make his few remaining years a little brighter. Who knows what cruel circumstances cir-cumstances may have reduced him to his present plight? It often seems that many men are not masters mas-ters of their own destiny. McKay may be one of those whom "unmerciful disaster followed fast and followed faster" until battered and beaten, with his "burden of j-ears heavy upon him he has sought the cold and forbidding refuge of a jail. The mantle of charity is broad enough to cover this unfortunate man and it is only generous to assume that his condition con-dition is not his fault. , ' Bl'T BE THAT AS IT MAY HIS CONDITION EXISTS, AND IT SHOULD SERVE AS A LESSON. LES-SON. IF EVERY YOUNG MAN WOULD BEGIN TO SAVE IN HIS YOUTH AND KEEP IT UP HE WOULD BE INDEPENDENT IN OLD AGE. Let his savings be small; they will count up just t he same. He can get from three to four per cent interest in-terest on his money and get interest on the interest, pnly, when he begins to save he must do one thing if he hojed to have money when he is old, and that is to determine never to touch the savings except for the purpose of buying gilt-edged real estate or Government Gov-ernment bonds. Money in a safe savings bank is . better than invested in any project, even though4he prospective returns may be djazzlingly large. The Bavings bank is slow but sure. ' Money is a mighty good thing to have. Shakespeare Shakes-peare said, "Put money in thy purse," and Shakespeare Shakes-peare knew the world pretty well. THE HOARDING HOARD-ING OF WEALTH IS NOT TO BE ADVISED, BUT SAVING WITn TnE END OF SECURING A COMPETENCY -IS TnE DUTY OF EVERY YOUNG MAN. Life insurance, too, Is a good thing, be a man married or single. It is a safe investment and binder bin-der the modern plans a man gets his money with fair interest within a comparatively few years. He does not have to wait until he is dead to derive benefits. bene-fits. ' IT IS EASY TO SAVE OXCE TnE HABIT IS FORMED. IT IS JUST AS EASY AS FORMING TnE nABIT OF DRINKING WHISKY, AND IT IS A' MUCH BETTER INVESTMENT. , Make up your mind to start a savings account on jour next pay day, add to It each succeeding pay day find as time goes on you will find yourself independent. independ-ent. YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO GO TO JUDGE AND JAILER FOR FRIENDSHIP WnEN YOU ARE SEVENTY YEARS OLD IF YOU TAKE THIS ADVICE. |