Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-05-03
A SHORT LECTURE To Young
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MEN.
One of the creates; mistakes made
10y young taen is their seemingly lndii-
ference and utter heedlessncss OF the
value OF the miIutcs, the hours aud the
DAYS as tkoy are rapidly passing away.
Ii is an easy matter 10 tell whether !.
Young man will make success in lie or
not, by considering his case when he
arrives at the age of twenty-one. By
that time his plans, if he has made any,
will show themselves for good or for
bad, and he will indicate, by his con
duet and his care for the pesert, whrth-
er he intends 10 make an hsEoraGle liv-
: ing aud a respectable name or not.
There are 10 day hundreds OF almost
penniless young men, dragging out their
/ lives day 10y day, and acting as II they
were mounim. for somcthingluSt. And
they are; and that which they have ioreN-
er lost is time; valuable days that have
passed, and as they were passing held
ont to those yeung men great Induce
ments to do something Tor themselves;
20 Go that which would benefit them
more and more rs age comes over them.
Great things are accomplished by study,
earnest, constant efforts. Professions
arc entered upon successfully by long,
weary hours Of study aud practice.
Trades are leaned in the same Nay.
No young man should enter upon tho
Journey of life, over which he can 60
but once. without learning something
whereby he can earn something. lie
who to-day dcpepds tor living upon
what he c;.n find TO do here ard there,
will "comc oat nj The liItlc end ui tho
horn" \ young man is getting sal
AIRY of say fifty dollars per month, and
his board aud clothing costs him say
three hundred and fifty dollars per ycai;
that is allowing him pretty fine living
aud the best Of dress. lie then has Icit
at the end Of the year two hundrod and
fifty dollars. Now the reason that not
more than one out Of ten do save ,his
amount is because they pay out about
eight dollars per month for cigars, few
dollars per month for light drinks, liy-
cry rigs, etc. fifteen dollars year be
cause they cant shave themselves; forty
or fifty dollars, or more, for 'incidcn-
tails, as they call it; and when the new
year comes rolling IN they are general
iv few dollars in debt. The young
man who saves his two hundred aud ht-
ty dollars puts it out at interest and IN
another year has twenty-five dollars,
halt months salary, that has added itself
10 lis first years savings. BESIDES his
two hundred aud sevcnty-fve dollars,
he has another two hundred and fifty,
with chances of an increase of salary.
AT the end o. the second year he viii
have in cash five hundred and twenty
five dollars. Another year rolls 10y aud
: he adds another two hundred and nifty
dollars with hs interest, making,
at the end OF the third gear, eight hun
drcd and twenty seven dollars aud fifty
cents. The fourth year he saves up his
two hundred and fifty dollars, and should
have had a raise OF five or ten dollars
per month. Bat calculating no increase
OF wages he will have, At the end Of four
years, at the fifty dollars rate, lis last
years saving which is two hundred and
fifty dollars, the nlercs, on his account,
" hich is eighty-two dollars and seventy
five cents, and the amount Tor tho four
Years, which would make ore thousand
one hundred aud sixty dollars and TWEEN
" five cents. Thus he would have
nearly twelve hundred dollars capital TO
,ut into some kind OF business, and he
also has en- experience that is worth
well, experience cannot be computed Ia
dollars and cents.
lie may have bad TO deny himself
thousand Of the so called pleasures Of
life; pleasures which, perhaps, if pur-
sued, would have resulted ia bis ruin.
II is probable that lie has been called
stingy by some oi his companions; or it
is likely that some have even refused TO
admit him into their circles. But no
has been taking time by the forclock;hc
has improved hIs hours aud bis days,
and taken advantage oftho opportunities
which may have presented themselves.
Instead OF wasting an evening by idle
floating on the stream Of time, amid
pleasures Of the Eour, he has been dely.
ing deep into The histories Of the past
or the transactions of The y,and there.
by fitting himself for life aud IL duties
1t is not well to judge young man
by his relatives, for it is too often tho
case that the son Of ali honorable cili-
zen turns out very bad, while, the boy
who has 10 "shirk for himself" as tho
term goes, often rises 10 the topiDost
round, and they who once despiscd him
now seek TO know and associate with
him. The history Of the past century
is full Of such examples.
Then the question with every young
man should be, "What can do 10 bet
Ter improve my timeF And while
there are thousands OF temptations 10
lure them from the path Of duty aud
from the road known Gs success, still
they should take warning from the past
and make every effort 10 reach the pin
nacle Of prosperity by their own work,
instead Of waiting day after day and
year after year, Micawber.like, for
"someihiDg TO turn up," until too late,
and i, is marked against them at death;
"a failure Of life.
KEROsESE FOR ISsEcrs A Michigan
lady writes to Mr.. Wick, the florist, that
10 ILL insects she uses one teaspOonful
of Kerosene 10 a gallos Of water, and