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How Ben. Butler Got Rich

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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
November
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
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General B. F. Butler being asked for some suggestions on gaining success, Btated that when he was a young lawyer, practicing in Lowell, Mass., n bank president advised him to take his little deposit and buy real estáte, from which he could bederivinf some revenue. The general said that he had but little money aud was unccrtain as to his future. "Neverniind," said the bank president, "go to the next public auctionof real estáte, bid olT a lot with some kind of a building on it, pay down what raoney yon have and give your promissory notes for the balance. You will come out all rlghb" General Butler says this advlce was gnod. When a man has obligated himself by his notes, to pay money at a certain time, it inclines him to economy. He followed tlie advlce, and in time became the owner of several pareéis of valuable real estáte In Lowell. Two classes will not be likely to heed such advice- the improvident and the over-cautious. The latter would be apt to say: "It would be all right but for those dreadful promissory notes. They are always running on and if a man falls sick they do not walt for him to get well. " Tlicre is this danger, of course, but one can make no business venture without some risk, and with the knowledge ac(luired by recent investigatlons of the cause of most ordinary ailments, and the means of cure, one runs little risk froiu that source. It is now known that most of the common ailments have their origin in deranged kidneys. They are the chief blood purifiers of the system, and when di80rdered a breaking down somewhere is inevitable, because the poison, which in their healthy condition is eliminated, is carried tlirough the entire system. Put them in order, and health returns. C. 1). Dewey, a successful man, president of the Johnston Ilarvester Company, Batavia, N. Y., gives his experience as follows: In 1882 my health was failing, my head pained me constantly, my appetite was uncertain, I could not sleep souudly. I attributed this to the extreme pressure of business cares, but I grew worse, and finally was confined to my bed for two montlis. It seemed as though I would "never recover" my former health. Under the aid of stimulants I gradually gained strength, so that ín a few months I was able to atter.d to business, but I could walk only with tho assistance of a cañe, and then in a slow and unsteady manner. I continued somewhat in the same condition until February last, when I used Warner's safe cure. It has cured me. I consider ít a valuable remedy and can highly recommend it. Young men have but to use ordinary prudence, and when any derangement ocenrs if they use the same means as did this successful business man, they may feel a constant assurance of their ability to carry to successful conclusión all ordinary business projects, including the care of their promissory notes when due.

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