The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-18
MONEY MAKING.

Is the object of the worlds pursuit.
for gain. 1t is legitimate object. Ii
gives bread, clothing, homes and COM
fort, and the world judges wisely when
1t makes the position a man occupies
hinge comparatively more or less on his
ability to earn money, and somewhat on
the amount of his earthly possessions.
If he is poor, it argues either some de-
feet in his expenditures or a lack OF
practical education to cope with men in
the battle for gold.
When boy leaves home it is generally
to enter upon some business, the end of
which is TO acquire property, and he will
succeed Just IN proportion as he has
trained for the work. Every community
is filed with young and middle aged
men who are failures because they know
nothing of business-ther training hav-
ing been theoretical, not practical and
useful. Many are tied to pursuits that
they heartily dislike, and which are
much below their capacity and ability,
and would change their course of life
and better their condition but for the
fact that relatives and friends generally
oppose rather than encourage them.
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Gibbon we'll and truly said, Every
person has two educations-one which
he receives from others, and one, more
important than all others, which he
gives himself" Help yourselves and
the Lord will help you. 1t is no use in
these days to sit around, and Micawbar
like, wait for something to turn up.
You must take hold Of the wheel of fort
une and use your muscle. 1t has wisely
been said: HE that begins with crutches
will end with crutches." 1t is said that
the lobster, when left high and dry upon
the land, has not energy enough to work
back into its element, but waits for the
sea to come to it, and if the sea fails.
laws there and dies The world is full
Of human Holsters, young men who have
the ability and the muscle, but they are
waiting for something to turn up. The
struggles of life produce self reliance.
Peril is the self school of education. He
who battled with poverty and i'll luck,
will be far stronger than he who has
reveed in the lap of luxury. Read the
biographies of the worlds great men,
and you will find that they started in very
humble circumstances. Abraham Lin
coin, James A. Garfield, and a score of
others, testify to this. Help Yourself.
Every man has all that he can do to
attend to his own business. Pe has no
time or inclination to help you. If you
get mired by the wayside in life's strug-
gle, pull the harder and catch up with
the hurrying, maddening crowd in the
hustle of life Once out in the worlds
varying scenes, you have to depend
upon your own endeavors. There are
many things that brings out self reliance.
The canary sings the sweetest when its
eyes are put out. The flower gives
forth its full fragrance when crushed.
1t is always the darkest with us before
dawn. John Calhoun, when at college,
was laughed at by his schoolmates for
his untiring exertons. He replied, 81
must to be able to fulfill my position in
the legislative halls of this nation. y
There is no excuse for any young man
of ordinary ability to sit down and NOPE
over split milk The world is before
you. The palaces OF nature are open to
you. Any young man with honesty,
sobriety and industry can accomplish his
highest ambition. If this article happens
10 strike young man who is waiting for
something to turn up, may he awake 10
the realities Of this life.
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