Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1884 — A Few Answers. [ARTICLE]

A Few Answers.

“What is a sage?” “A sage, my son, is a wise man who knows exactly when to buy or sell stocks. We bury about a dozen per month in this country, but the supply still equals the.demand.” “What is a successful financier?” “Why, a man who scoops $3,000,000 out of the bank he runs, and drops the sugar in Wall street.” “What is a philosopher?” “He is a chap who loses his wife’s money in buying silver stock, but increases his own by taking a deal in pork.” “What is a financial prophet?” “He is a gentleman who states to an interviewer on Wednesday that the times are prosperous and business solid, and on Thursday fails for seven or eight million dollars.”— Wall Street News.