Edison S Handy Encyclop Dia Of General Information And Universal Atlas

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ...thirty years ot age. Fifty-two per cent., from twenty to twenty-five years of age. Fourteen and a halt per cent., rrom fifteen to twenty years of age. Save a Little. Evary man who Is obliged to work for his living should make a point, to lay up a little money for that-rainy day" which we a.-o all liable to encounter when least expected. The best way to do this Is to open an account witu a, savings Dank. Accumulated money Is always Bate; It Is always ready to use when needed. Scrape together Ave dollars, make your deposit, receive your bank book, and then resolve to deposit a given sum. small though It be, once a month, or once a week, according to circumstances. Nobody knows without trying it, how easy a thing It Is to save money when an account with a bank has been opened. With such an a count a man feels a desire to enlarge his deposit. It gives him lessons In trugalliy and economy, weans him from habits of extravagance, and Is the very best guard In the world against Intemperance, dissipation, and vice. Number of Plant for an Acre of Ground. Time at Which Money Doubles at Interest. Rate per cent. Simple Interest. Compound Interest 10 10 years. 9 11 years 40davs..8 l2Xyears. 7 14 years 104 days. 6 16 years 8 months..5 20 years. 7 years 100 days. 8 years 16 days. 9 years 2 days. 10.years 89 days. 11 years 327 days. 15 years 75 days. 15 ventre 2T3 days. 17 years'246 days. 20 years 54 days. 23 venrs 164 days. 28 years 26 days. 35 years 1 day. ordinary large steamboats Is about 2,161 miles, but small steamers can ascend about 660 miles farther. The following are Its principal navigable tributaries, with the miles open to navigation. _ Miles. Miles. Atchafalya 218 Lafourche 168 The other navigable tributaries have less than fifty miles...

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