The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-03-29
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
REASONS OF FAILURE.

would name. first, lack of special prepare
ton on the part of young men for special oc-
cupation or profession. Most boys get fair
general education, and when that is done take
hold of the thing which promises the most i'm
mediate return for their labor, not stopping to
bty 70 The hmsiness or Some
look only to see what standing it will give them
in society; others consider If it will enable them
to dress in fine clothing and make good ap-
pearance.
Next stands the mistake of young men in be-
ing in too much of hurry to spend money as
fast as others, desire to be considered in better
circumstances than they really are. and pres
sure to get ahead faster than they learn their
business. In tins way one oIsen Ulmo o me aa
wards, when he has to take the responsibility,
does not know his business and has to entrust
part of it to others. and does not know II they
are doing right or not By and by, when he
thinks he is safe and beyond danger, the founda-
ton corner, which he trusted to some one else.
to know his whole business, so that he can tell
when il is done right.
Another great mistake is that when young
man sees his name on sign he is apt to think
that his fortune is made, and so begins to spend
money, as if he had already gotten beyond any
that men, old as well as young, are too ready to
use their credit, not realizing that the goods
doy 4 coming When they nd their notes COM
ing due and have not the money to pay them,
they are tempted to sell goods without profit
for the sake of getting the money. Just as soon,
the moment a man is obliged to do that he is not
a master of his own business; and. as a rule, it
is only matter of a short time when he will
Let a young man fear God, be industrious,
know his business, spend little less than he
earns and success will surely crown his every
undertaking. A. u.
WHEN THE plucky Gen. Funston has any
thing to say it is generally to the point. Ina
newspaper interview at Topeka, Kansas, on
Wednesday he scathingly denounced the
Eastern newspapers that criticised his speech
before the Lotus Club in New York, and said:
81 have been nagged by that class of papers
until l am tired. Editorially they wilfully
misinterpret my remarks, and / am glad to ex-
press my independence of these opinions and
their talk and that of their kind about my
using dishonorable and unfair means in the
capture of Aguinaldo also, that l violated
the articles of war. They know great deal
more about the articles of golf than they do
about the articles of war. Everything is per-
mssible in a campaign, except the use of
poison or the violation of flag of truce
NATIONAL STATISTICS show that smallpox
cases throughout the United States are three
times as numerous as they were year ago.
There is but one safeguard against the disease
and that is vaccination.
Gov. ODELL, of New York, favors state ex-
penditure of s28, 100000 in the Improvement
of the Erie Canal The first state in the Union
owes its position largely to its enterprise in
building waterways.
AT THE Prince Henry banquet in Boston the
bill of fare plainly said "Penobscot salmon
and baked beans" They were novelties to
the visitor, and when he tasted them his pleas
ure was complete.
AMERICAN FARMERS are glad to notice that
the price of corn in recent years indicates
growing appreciation of the utilities of the
crop.