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Show A MISTAKEN YOUNG MAN. Portland Journal: A young man preparing to steal was arrested by the Portland police. He said he had decided on that course because he could not live on his salary of 172 a month. He Is only twenty-five, and has a young wife, nis work Is not heavy or disagreeable. He Is a "bad egg," though there may be hope for htm. Though living expenses are higher than formerly, the right kind of a young couple can live on 172 a month, and barring sickness can even savo a little of It. The right kind of a young man, with a good young woman for a wife, would be thankful and proud that he could come to a strange city and earn a salary of 972 a month, and would do his work so well that before long he would be promoted and could earn more. ' This young man had started out with an entirely wrong view of things, and unless he can be "soundly converted," there is no hope for him. His fall may serve to point a moral for other young men, to wit: Make the most and best of what opportunities you have, and be content with your wages until by your own merits you can earn more. And don't Imagine that you have to spend as much as some other young men. Live within your Income, and, save a fraction frac-tion of It, whatever it may be. The young man who is going to be good for anything can and will do this, and the young woman fit to be such a young man's wife will help him all she can to do It. , |