him who would
succeed, is ECONOMY OF TIME. Lost wealth can be replaced by industry;
lost health by hygiene; but lost time is gone forever.

The most frequent excuse one hears is: "I have no time." They cheat
themselves with the delusion that they would like to do this or that,
but cannot as they have no leisure. Dear reader, did you ever think that
the more a person has to do, the more they feel they can do? Look at the
men in our own community who have done the most for mankind; are they
the wealthy, whose only duty seems to be to kill time? No. Almost
universally they are the over-worked class who seem already burdened
with cares. These are the men who find time to preside at public
meetings, and to serve on committees.

It is easier for an over-worked man to do a little more than for a lazy
one to get up steam. A light stroke will keep a hoop in motion, but it
takes a smart blow to start it. The busy man succeeds: While others are
yawning and stretching, getting their eyes open, he will see the
opportunity and improve it. Complain not that you have no leisure.
Rather be thankful that you are not cursed with it. Yes, curse it is
nine times out of ten. Think of the young man going to some vile place
of amusement to kill time, then think of that young man utilizing that
hour every night in the acquisition of knowledge which will fit him for
life's journey. Think also of the money he will save. Leisure is too
often like a two-edged sword; it cuts both ways.

CAUSES OF FAILURE.

Horace Greeley has truly said: "If any man fancies that there is some
easier way of gaining a dollar than by squarely earning it he has lost
the clew to his way through this mortal labyrinth, and must henceforth
wander as chance may dictate." Look about you; how many there are who
are determined to share all the good things of this world without
exchanging an equivalent. They go into business, but are not content to
wait patiently, adding one dollar to another, and thus rendering to
mankind an equivalent for this wealth for which they are asking. This
excessive haste to become rich is one of the most frequent causes of
failure. When a young man has decided to work with a will, and to
accumulate every dollar he legitimately can he has made a long stride
toward success. We do not deprecate a desire to be some one in the
world, but we do most emphatically frown upon the desire to get wealth
by speculation or illicit means. We most earnes