Show rg A BUSINESS ioni yae atlon for all boune men to consider the question of choosing a business is a serious one As a rule a young man should adopt the calling for which ho has a preference if ho has no particular choice it would bo well for him to try different occupations until ho finds one that suits him I 1 do not changing about to gratify a spirit of uneasiness for a young man is installed in the business that ho is suited to ho ought to stick to it writes russell sago to tho new york herald 1 I have known young men who entered employments reluctantly and after a trial became fond of them A young man must bo determined to succo od after all there is one great lever and that is w ill power without it very few men succeed it depends on the circumstances whether failures betray incapacity in a man if a failure is duo to a causo not general then it may be attributed to a lack of foresight and understanding A shrewd merchant will not stock up with tunings a shrewd farmer will not plant his ground to raise crops both tho merchant and tho farmer must find out what is most salable and act accordingly there are exigencies to be sure like contagious contagions conta gions disasters combinations strikes and boycotts that can not bo foreseen tho prudent man of business has prepared himself to stand losses from such causes and when tho troubles nave passed the fact of his having weathered them makes his financial position in the community stronger than over tho present condition of tho coal trade well illustrates tho uncertainty of things tho mild open winter could not bo foreseen and has caused great and loss in the trade then there is tho march of improvement this is an ago of competition and it requires energy and perception to meet it it used to calro ay days to find out the condition oi alie tea crop in japan or the coffee crop in brazil caa bo sent and an in a single day tho young man should start out in the world by tho timo ho is 21 if ho is qualified to begin life for himself at an earlier ago he should do it I 1 began as a clerk when I 1 was 13 at 18 I 1 was in business for myself and I 1 havo kept my sign up over since I 1 should say that the average boy could tako a clerkship at the ago of 10 or 18 A wrong start need not mean a permanent failure many of tho most successful men have started wrong and afterward righted themselves there are many instances where men educated for the pulpit havo gone to the bar and been conspicuous successes then again men educated tor the bar havo gono to the pulpit and success |