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Show "THE BUK OF A IH'SY MAN." It's diliicult for a doctor to cure a diseased mind. K Historical Facts of ihe Week Queen Victoria died Jan, 22, 1901. The Panama canal treaty was made January 23, 1903. The German Kaiser was born January Jan-uary 27, ls59. Shelby M. Culom, United States senator from lUinois, and a national j figure for more than fifty years died on January 23, 1914. i Centeriield celebrated completion of their water vv orks system, Jan. 21, 1916. 570 peopla partook of the banquet. ban-quet. In the account given of the ! affair is the remark: "It can easily be i i money. He started thriftward by s:iv'mg a dollar a w ?ek and lias steadily kept it up. He appropriates ten per cent for I church and charity and ten per cent ' for the savings bank. In his letter', lie says: 'T have never spent a dollar for tobacco, to-bacco, drink, theatres, or so-called fashionable dress, but have met the requirements of a minister in ail grades of tinacial and social church : life. When I cannot get what makes 1 me glad I am glad of what I get or try to be. I have more to be glad of fcud less to be sad of than any one I know. I have not found any one with a better financial system, although al-though 1 have sought for such. The above system was largely inspired by imagined that it took more than 'live loaves of bread and two fishes" to satisfy so large a crowd." s The son or daughter who is attending attend-ing school or college away from home would appreciate the home paper week after week. Let us enroll their name, now. t m m To be singled out of a thousand people peo-ple presenting a plan of life that best evidences, the habit of thrift as applied ap-plied to good living and awarded the first prize of $50, is a noteworthy honor hon-or to be coveted by any man. This happy experience lias recently befallen befall-en the Rev- VV.C, Poole of Ocean City, Md., to whom the award was mad by a committee of prominent bankers and business men, in a thrilt contest conducted by the New York Evening World. Mr. Poole's salary for the past 1G years has averaged but $733.00 aside from house rent and.donations. This is about $15 a week. lie has saved $2,000, visited two expositions, trav- reading the autobiography, when 1 ! was a boy, of Benjamin Franklin, j The reading of this book should be required of all Americans before they are. allowed to vote." It would seem impossible on so sm:il! a salary to live decently and save money, yet Mr. Poole has done it. lie lias kept at his plan and has succeeded, as can everyone who makes up his mind to save money and adopts a definite method. II is two ruits, ".Never buy on credit," and ''Save something every week," are sensible and sure to accomplish wonders If consistently followed. They are worth trying out. m Man ia a queer aninal. This week I a local business man told us of a fellow fel-low who hud been running a bill at his place of business for some time, giving him all of his credit business and spending his cash elsewhere. Rather Ra-ther a raw deal, we should say, but one that the average business m,an experiences often. eled through STew England by trolley, bought books and magazines, aud given giv-en to church and charity. Mr. Poole never buys on credit. He says he has savad $50 a year by buying buy-ing for cash and $150 on tilings lie didn't buy because he couldn't pay cash. He has kept strict account of all expeditures and each year he has tried to do better with the same |