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Show WHAT A BOY SHOULD KNOW. A very successful man, In speaking of what a young man should know to begin a business life In the right way. summarized tho qualifications about as follows: Ho should be able to write a good, legible hand. To write an ordinary receipt. To mako out an ordinary account. To speak and write good English. To add a column of figures rapidly. To draw up an ordinary bank check. To receipt an account when It Is paid. To write an ordinary promissory note. To write a good social or business letter. To write an advertisement for the newspaper. To spell all the words that ho knows how to use. To deduct lG1 per cent from the face of the account. To make neat and correct entries In day-book or cash-book. To take It to tho right place In the bank to got tho money. To toll tho number of yards of carpet car-pet required for tho parlor. To reckon tho Interest or tho discount dis-count on the note for years, months or days. To toll something about tho great authors, statesmen and financiers of tho present time. If, says tho successful business man, a boy can do all this, It Is probable that he has enough education to make his way In tho world. Young People's Magazine. |