The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-07-15
TO YOUNG MEN.

played in keeping ahead, is required to
catch up when behind will save credit
give moro time to business, and add Il
the profit aOd reputation Of your word
IF you promise 10 meet man. OF do
certain thing at q certain moment, bI
ready at tho nppOipled 'ia.O. II you
have work to do, do il al once cheeriu''
ly and therefore more speedily md COZ
rectly. Ifyou 60 GOT on business, attend
promptly to lho businetS, on hand. Ih'r
as promptly so about your business =
Do not stop 10 talk in business hours
Ifyou have n place Of business BE-
there when wanted No man can sc
rich by sitting round stores aud saloons
Never fool on business matters, |
on have to work for a living remem
Der that ono hour in the morning I' bet
ter than Two at night. II you employ
others, be on hand to SEQ that they
attend TO their duties and 10 direct
with regularity, promp'ncss and lib
crafty Do not NEEDLE with any
business that ia not your own. Never
buy an article simply because tho man
that soIlo it will take il out in trade
Trade is money, Time is money. A
good business habit and reputation is al
ways money. Mike your place Of bust
ness pleasant and attractive; then stay
there to wait on customers,
Never use quick words, or allow your.
self TO mako hasty or ungCu'Iemony
remarks 10 those in your employ for to
do SO lessons their respect for you anil
your influence over them. Help your.
selves and Others will help you. Bo
faithful to the interests confded 10 your
keeping, and all in good time your re-
sponsibiiiies will be increased. Do not
be 10 too great haste to get rich, Do
not build uotil you have arranged aud
laid n good foundation, Do not-us
you hope 10 work for spend
your time in idIene:s, II your limo is
your own, business will suffer if you do
Fit is given to Onother Tor pay, it be-
longs to him, and you have no more
right TO steal tina, than you have to steal
money. Be obIiging. Strive TO avoid
harsh words and personalities. Do not
kick every stone in the path; more
miles can be made in day by going
s'eodily on, than stopping to kick. =
Pay as you 60, A man Of honor re
spects his word as he does bis bond
Ask, but never beg, Help others when
you can but mover give if you cannot
oiford 10. simply because it's fashion.
able, Learn to say no. No necessity
fer swapping it out dOg-fashioned, but
soy it firmly and respectfully Make
but few confdents, and fewer the bet.
Ter, Use your own brains rather than
those of others. Learn 10 think and act
for yourself Be vigisnt. Keep ahead,
rather than behind The time.
Young men cut this out; and il there
is folly in the argument let US know.
SPEAK FOR CuRlsT.-Ah! the man
tba! has Christ in his soul. and wants to
tell nobody, has soul that is q sCpuI-
chre, md he is dead. If there be one
thing in this world that is worth telling,
it il not that honor, that wealth, that
any good fortune in similar things has
come to you. 1t is The noblesI of oil
things has como 10 you--ltis the noblest
of all events, and the most precious Of
oil disclosures, and # there is man,
that has walked in sorrow and sadness,
and had his Saviour come 10 meet him,
and Interpret the Scriptures to him, aud
at last disclosed Him himself 10 him in
his own house in the breaking Of bread
and he is not moved to tell his friends
and neighbors, then the dead ought to
speak, and the very stones ought to cry
out,
The country in the vicinity Of pump.
kiO Creek, Georgia, is very siCkly, and
there is snch n nntorinuS ntevnlppce Of