Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1893 — MEN AND MONEY. [ARTICLE]

MEN AND MONEY.

Ton Can Judffo Their Character l»y the Way Thoy Carry Caxh. If you want to know something about a mjm's character watch how ho handles liis'inonoy. The generous, careless man carrios his money looso in his pockot—silver, and gold all mixed up together, and when he is going to pay for anything he takes out a handful and picks out the amount he requires. He seems to have no fear of robbery, for ho is of a trufitful disposition, and being perfectly honest himself, thinks most others are like him. Of course ho is often cheated and imposed upon, yot he never entirely losos his faith in his fellow-creatures. A fino nature is his—in fact, too fine to cope with the many greedy, grasping mortals that flood the world. The man who, if he has to pay a few pence, won’t oven tako the trouble of counting out the amount in coppers, but throws down a piece of silver tb’bo changed—and by the by he haVoly counts his change—is a typo of “a fool and his money are soon parted.” Perhaps a love of display, almost inmost inseparable from such a character, has something to do with this. The careful man always carries a purse, and keeps the gold, silver, and copper in different compartments. A man like this never wastos his money; he values it as it ought to bo valued, and, though not niggardly, is determined to have his money's worth. Ho quite believes that that “any fool can make money, but it takes a wise man to keep it," and he is right. The mean man never lets you see what money he has; when he is going to pay for anything ho turns his back to you, clutches his money tight, and, so to say, draws it out of his hand, placing the coins down one by one, for he is loath to part with them, oven for necessities. Such a man is not far removed from a miser; who rarely carries money about his person at all, unless it be sewn up in his clothes. Remember, the man who jingles his money in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred hasn’t got much. A bunch of keys and a few coppers make a good deal of noise. •