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table shows what would be the result at the end of 

 fifty years by saving a certain amount each day and 

 putting it at interest at the rate of six per cent. : 



Daily Savings The Besult 



Sixty cents $ 57,024 



Seventy cents 66,528 



Eighty cents 76,032 



Thirty cents 28,512 Ninety cents 85,537 



Forty cents 38,015 One dollar 95,041 



Fifty cents 47,520 Five dollars 4:5,208 



Nearly every person wastes enough in twenty or 

 thirty years, which, if saved and carefully invested, 

 would make a family quite independent ; but the prin- 

 ciple of small savings has been lost sight of in the 

 general desire to become wealthy. 



Time in Which Money Doubles at Interest. 



Rate Simple Interest Compound Interest 



Two per cent 50 years 35 years, 1 day 



Two and one-half per cent 10 years 28 years, 26 days 



Three per cent 53 years, 4 months 23 years, 164 days 



Three and one-half per cent ... 28 years, 208 days 20 years, 54 days 



Four per cent 25 years 17 years, 246 days 



Four and one-half per cent ... 22 years, 81 days. 15 years, 273 days 



Five per cent 20 years 14 years, 75 days 



Six per cent 16 years. 8 months 11 years, 327 days 



One dollar loaned one hundred years at compound 

 interest at three per cent, would amount to $19.25, 

 at six per cent, to $340.00. 



How to Measure an Acre. 



In measuring an acre by yards, the usual practice 

 is to lay off 70 yards in length by 70 yards in width. 

 This, though only approximate, may be considered 

 near enough for practical purposes; but as 70 yards 



