The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-03-31
Young MEN TAKE A START.
Thc Fir-r .Thou-nnd Dollnr..

We commend the following excellent
remarks from writer in one of our eN-
changes to the young men of the country,
and say TO them, be up and doug. They
have no time 90 stand waiting for some
thing to turn up. Such men are mo-
account. Providence helps the man who
helps himself:
The first thousand dollars that % yodug
man, after going out into The world n
act for himself, earns and saves. will
generally settle the question of business
life with him. There may be exceptions
TO this statement, yet for "a rule, We thinh
it will hold true.
The first condition is that the young
man actually earn the thousand dollars
i'm question. lie does not inherit this
sum. Itdocs not come 90 him by streak
of good luck, as the result of q fortunate
venture in the purchase and sale OPT
hundred shares of stock. IL ia the fruit
of personal industry. lie gives his time
and has labor for IT, While be is thus
earning and saving it, he must earn two
or three or, perhaps, four times as much
to pay his current expenses. lie ", cOn-
| sequently, held sternly 10 the task of iu-
dustry for considerable period. The
direct consequences 10 him IS steady,
continuous and solid discipline u the
habits of industry-in patient, persistent.
forecasting aud selfdenying effort,
breaking up all the tendencies to iudO-
lence and friyolity, and making him u
earnest and watchful economist of time.
lie not only learns how TO work, but
he also acquires the love Of work, and,
moreover, he learns the value OF the sum
which he has saved out Of earuing- lle
has toiled for it; he has observed lbs slow
increase from time 10 time; and iu bis Cs-
innate it represents so many months Ur
years of practical labor. His ideas of
life are shaped by bis own experience.
These natural effects Of earning the first
thousand dollars we hold to be very large
benefits.
They are just the qualities Of mind
and body which are most likely 90 secure
business success in after years. They
constitute the best practical education
which man can have as a worker boz this
working world They are gained iu soa-
son for life's purposes, at the opening
peri cd, just when they are wanted, when
foolish notions are most likely 30 mi-lcal
an inexperienced brain, and when, Too,
there is a full opportunity for expansion
and development IN later years.
Men have but one life 10 live; aud
hence, they start from opening manhood
but once. And the manner in which
they start, the purposes in view, aud thn
habits they form, viii ordinarily deter
mine the entire sequel Of their career 600
earth. TO succeed men must have have
the elements Of success IN thcm-eIy..
One great reason why there ore so many
useless, inefficient and poverty stricken
men on carth-or rather boys, seeming
to be men-consists in the simple tao.
that they do not start. A prominent
reason why the children Of the rich -1
frequently amount % nothing, may ho
found in luxury. ease and Incidence
which marked the commencement Dt
their lives Ii is the law Of God that wa
should be workers on earth and no one
50 well consults the best development Of
his being as when he conforms Dig pruc-
tice to this law. The workers IN some
suitable sphere arc the only really strong
men IN this world.