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 AUTHOR OF "HILL'S MANUAL OF SOCIAL AND BUSINESS FORMS, 
 "HILL'S ALBUM OF BIOGRAPHY AND ART," ETC., ETC. 
 
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 YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY 
 WHO WOULD DO RIGHT, AND 
 WISH TO KNOW HOW, 
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 f^orrect Life and the^lessings 
 that Follow. 
 
 N CHILDHOOD and in youth 
 the seeds are sown that determine the extent of 
 the success we shall have, and the happiness we 
 shall enjoy in later years. 
 
 Like the tender twig that bends with the slight- 
 est breeze, the child's mind is, in a very high de- 
 gree, susceptible to the influence of good and evil. 
 If favoring winds, a genial sun, copious rains 
 and bounteous soil nurture the young plant, the 
 tree in its maturity will be a noble specimen of its 
 kind. So character in youth, impressed by every 
 passing event, becomes evenly and harmoniously 
 balanced in proportion to the fortunate circum- 
 
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PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S IDEA OF A BOY. 
 
 stance of good birth, kind training in childhood, 
 and wise government when the young are coming 
 forward upon the threshold of active life. 
 
 President Garfield used to say that he never 
 looked into the face of a boy without a feeling of 
 reverence at the thought of what the little fellow 
 might achieve in future years. As we behold a 
 group of children, of however humble and lowly 
 condition, and contemplate the work that some 
 of them may perform in life, we can well under- 
 stand the sentiment that moved the martyred 
 president as he studied the face of a boy and 
 thought of his future possibilities. 
 
 It is painful to contemplate how many bright, 
 beautiful children come into this world of sun- 
 shine to early sink into habits that will shadow 
 their after-years. 
 
 In all the great cities, there are large numbers 
 of women who have been unfortunate and have 
 left all hope behind. There were periods in their 
 childhood when, in their girlish dreams, the 
 world seemed all beautiful and bright to them. 
 Is is sad that they cannot be wise enough to 
 gather a fair measure of the happiness that should 
 be the right of woman. 
 
 In the haunts of vice and in the prisons there 
 are tens of thousands of men to-day that stood, at 
 one time in their childhood, where the road di- 
 vides ; one path leading to indolence, intemper- 
 
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 FOR WHOM THIS WORK IS PREPARED. 
 
 ance and crime ; the other to industry, morality, 
 prosperity and happiness. 
 
 At the diverging point, a kind, judicious and 
 wise teacher might have directed them into the 
 better way, and thus they would have realized 
 that fullness of success in life which is the nat- 
 ural ambition of man. 
 
 For that joyous, bright-eyed girl, for that 
 laughing, happy boy, for the youth of the land 
 everywhere, for all those who may be without the 
 needed advice in the hour of trial, this little 
 monitor is prepared. 
 
 The hope is that those who read it will be so 
 instructed by its perusal, that they will ever be 
 thankful that they found and followed the direc- 
 tions given in 
 
 "RIGHT AND 'WRONG, CONTRASTED." 
 
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Cross in Boyhood ; Ill-Tempered in Manhood. 
 
 BO YE is a picture of Johnnie Holland, an 
 ill-tempered, bad child, who would fly into 
 
 * a passion from the slightest cause, and 
 would not hesitate to kick and strike his mother 
 or any person who sought to govern him. As 
 might be expected, when he grew older, Johnnie 
 was rough, vicious, and ready at any time to en- 
 gage in a quarrel with his companions ; was 
 cruel to animals and children, and in general 
 character was brutal, coarse, unkind, and dis- 
 liked by nearly every one. 
 
 As he had shown bad temper when a boy, so 
 he was cross and cruel when a man. 
 
 His end came at last, in a light, in which he 
 was so badly cut with a knife that he died of 
 the wounds. 
 
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The First Steps that Lead to Usefulness. 
 
 UK PICTUKE shows us Eddie Stevenson, 
 a kind, good boy, who took delight in com- 
 ing at his mother's call, to study his lesson, 
 or do any work required. 
 
 As he leans lovingly beside her chair, and 
 ^ looks into her face, we see his earnest desire to 
 do as his mother wished him. The result was, 
 that Eddie, through readiness to receive his 
 mother's advice and teachings, early learned to 
 read, and thus he was able to amuse and instruct 
 himself. 
 
 He was always ready to run upon any errand 
 his parents desired him to perform, and that, too, 
 as quickly as possible. The consequence was, 
 even when quite young, he learned how to do 
 many kinds of work, and to be punctual and 
 
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BECOMES SUCCESSFUL AND PROSPEROUS. 
 
 faithful. As Eddie grew older, he exhibited the 
 same sweetness of temper he had shown when a 
 child. It may therefore be readily known that 
 he was a great favorite with all his playmates 
 and companions. 
 
 He had been a good pupil when at home, and 
 he was an obedient and studious youth at school. 
 This made him a good scholar, and gave him 
 great advantage while he was yet young. As 
 he had formed industrious habits when assisting 
 his mother, so, when older, he not only had a 
 good education, but a willingness to work. These 
 qualifications, combined with pleasant disposition, 
 made his services of great value in many kinds 
 of employment, and was the ready means of 
 securing him a desirable position in business. 
 
 Years passed on, and our Eddie advanced 
 step by step. His kind heart made him friends 
 on every side. His superior education and habits 
 of industry, coupled with integrity, caused him 
 to be chosen to fill a responsible place in one of 
 the largest mercantile firms in an Eastern city. 
 In due time he became a partner in the house, 
 and in the end the firm was widely and favor- 
 ably known as Edward Stevenson & Company. 
 
 We may not doubt that much of his success 
 was due to the instructions he received, as he 
 stood, when a little boy, so willingly and kindly 
 by his mother's side. 
 
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 CONSTANT EFFORT SUCCEEDS AT LAST. 11 
 
 Perseverance. 
 
 |£* OME BOYS have naturally a hasty, irritahle temper. This must 
 (§©) he overcome. It will take a good deal of effort, perhaps, 
 vtj to master your own selfish will; bat if you would be suc- 
 ■^ cessful, prosperous and happy in life, you must do it. 
 Q nL You must learn to govern yourself. Stop. Think for a 
 
 f little while, when irritated. Do not say anything unpleas- 
 ant. To be cool and calm will cost a struggle, but persevere in 
 the effort, and you will come off victorious. 
 
 A great many things that seem very difficult can be done through 
 perseverance. This is what the poet says about it: 
 
 ine step and then another, 
 
 5 And the longest walk is ended; 
 
 ' One stitch, and then another, 
 
 And the longest rent is mended; 
 One brick upon another, 
 
 And the highest wall is made; 
 One flake upon another, 
 
 And the deepest snow is laid. 
 
 'o the little coral- workers, 
 
 } By their slow and constant motion, 
 
 -Have built those pretty islands 
 
 In the distant, dark- blue ocean; 
 And the noblest undertakings 
 
 Man's wisdom hath conceived, 
 By oft- repeated effort 
 
 Have been patiently achieved. 
 
 'hen, do not look disheartened 
 
 On the work you have to do, 
 And say that such a mighty task 
 
 You never can get through; 
 But just endeavor day by day 
 
 Another point to gain. 
 And soon the mountain that you feared 
 
 Will prove to be a plain. 
 
 ) ome was not builded in a day; 
 v The ancient proverb teaches; 
 And Nature by her trees and flowers 
 
 The same sweet sermon preaches. 
 Think not of far-off duties, 
 
 But of duties which are near; 
 And, having once begun to work, 
 
 Resolve to persevere. 
 
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 EARLY STEPS IN WRONG- DOING. 
 
 Deceitful when a Boy— Unreliable when a Man. 
 
 JT IS a most serious fault to tell an untruth. 
 W The child that will deliberately lie when a 
 ^ boy, will be almost sure to be dishonest 
 S when a man. 
 
 I The picture upon this page shows us Benny 
 Merton, as he denies that he broke the window. 
 
 You see the frown upon his face, and that 
 downcast look. You would be almost certain, as 
 you see him, that he would be likely to deceive 
 his father, although his parent is very kind in 
 the questions about the accident. 
 
 The scowl upon Benny's face indicates that he 
 is a bad boy who will sometime bring sorrow to 
 his family and his friends, and one of the best 
 evidences we have of this fact is the telling of 
 his father a falsehood. 
 
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 BRAVE ENOUGH TO TELL THE TRUTH. 
 
 Explaining how the Accident Happened. 
 
 ,HAKLIE BENNETT represents the contrast 
 toBennie Merton. In play among the child- 
 
 ■ ren, a ball bounded through and broke 
 the window. Charlie, who threw the ball, 
 
 , upon being questioned, frankly admitted that 
 //* the accident was caused by himself, and in 
 T plain words told the truth. 
 
 While Charlie was spoken to quite severely by 
 his father for his carelessness, and had to suffer 
 a punishment because of doing the injury, he 
 was also commended for his honesty and truth- 
 fulness. 
 
 Years went by. Charlie grew up from child- 
 hood to be a man in stature, and in due time en- 
 tered the dry-goods store of Canneld, Snow & 
 Co., in his native town. 
 
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 While lie had secured his place in this house 
 because he was known as an honest young man, 
 it was here, as a clerk, that his integrity began to 
 be more fully known. 
 
 He entered the store with a firm resolution 
 never to tell a falsehood, whatever might be 
 the consequences. If he showed a piece of goods 
 to a customer, he told the truth concerning its 
 quality. Sometimes customers would not buy 
 when they knew the facts, but, bye-and-bye, 
 when it was known that Charlie Bennett would 
 not misrepresent the article, customers sought 
 to trade with him, because they knew they 
 would not be deceived. It was thus he secured 
 the confidence of the people and became one of 
 the most successful clerks in the store. 
 
 On two or three occasions, Charlie came near 
 losing his position, because of mistakes he made, 
 but when the heads of the firm considered his 
 honesty in admitting his faults, it was resolved 
 that such integrity could not be spared from the 
 store, and thus he was continued in his place. 
 Later on, when a large banking-house was estab- 
 lished in the town, a careful examination and in- 
 quiry was made as to the fitness of various per- 
 sons in the vicinity to take the position of Cash- 
 ier. After due deliberation the choice fell upon 
 Charles Bennett. 
 
 We may be sure that the patrons of Can field, 
 
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 Snow & Co. , who had found Charles honest in 
 all their dealings with him, were convinced that 
 he would carefully guard their money in the 
 bank. Thus, one of the most successful banks 
 in a Western city owes its large prosperity to- 
 day to this man, who, when a boy, was brave 
 enough to always tell the truth. 
 
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 Have Courage to tell the Truth. 
 
 HE PEESON who lies is a coward. He is 
 
 afraid to tell the truth, for fear that some 
 
 evil will happen to him. Thus he will tell a 
 
 lie, and then to conceal his deception he will 
 
 Q| go on lying, until at last his dishonesty is 
 
 3 discovered, and his evil is all exposed. 
 
 To tell a lie is to deceive. To deceive is 
 to be dishonest. Dishonesty fails in business, 
 and it will bring failure, sorrow and trouble every- 
 where. 
 
 To promise to pay a debt at a certain time, and 
 not do it, is lying; it is deception, it is dishonesty, 
 unless it can be clearly shown that circumstances 
 occurred that made it impossible to fulfill the 
 promise at the time specified. 
 
 To succeed in life, you must tell the truth. 
 You must do as you agree. You must fulfill 
 your promises. When you have proven that you 
 can be relied upon as truthful and honest, you 
 
 T are far on the road toward permanent prosperity. 
 
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y^ 16 PLEASURE DESTROYED BY QUARRELSOME BOYS. 
 
 The Way Some Boys Settle Disputes. 
 
 WHERE ARE boys who destroy the happiness 
 of any company they are with, because of a 
 ^ quarrelsome disposition. Our scene here 
 ^F shows Jimmie Brown and Robbie Snow en- 
 gaged in a fight. 
 
 It does not matter what brought the quarrel on. 
 It is a disgrace to both boys to break up the pleas- 
 ure of a picnic in this manner. Suppose James 
 said something disrespectful to Robert, it would 
 have been much more honorable for Robert to 
 have made simply a polite reply. 
 
 That would have shown that Robert was a little 
 gentleman, and able to control himself; but for 
 him to retaliate by blows, shows that he has no 
 mastery over his temper. The indications are 
 that these boys will grow to be dangerous men. 
 
Children Who Know How to be Happy. 
 
 |p5 ALWAYS look with delight upon a scene 
 where children play in quiet harmony to- 
 gether. Such is the view upon this page, 
 representing a group of happy boys and 
 f girls in the edge of the grove — the boys 
 *p bringing flowers and leaves from the fields, 
 while the girls are weaving them into beautiful 
 wreaths. 
 
 While the good conduct of these children in- 
 dicates that they are all little ladies and gentle- 
 men, it is sure that the pleasure of the occasion 
 is greatly increased by the three sweet girls 
 whom we see in the picture in the center of the 
 group. These are Minnie Williams, May Cum- 
 mings and Lena Snow. 
 
 Many years have passed since the event repre- 
 
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 GOODNESS BRINGS HAPPINESS. 
 
 sented in this picture occurred. These girls have 
 long since married, and are now wives and moth- 
 ers. They are very happy, and the cause of 
 their good fortune can be traced to their goodness 
 when they were little girls. The reasons why 
 they were beloved when they were children are 
 enumerated in the following paragraphs. 
 
 They were obedient to their parents. The 
 slightest commands were obeyed, and always very 
 quickly. They were always clean in person, 
 which made them look pretty in face, and they 
 were neat in dress, and orderly in all they did. 
 They assisted their mothers in the kitchen, and in 
 general work. They became therefore, when 
 girls, good cooks and neat, careful housekeepers. 
 Though fond of amusements, they were modest 
 and ladylike. 
 
 They were industrious. When children, they 
 clothed their dolls in dresses of their own sewing. 
 As they grew older, they learned to make their 
 own clothing ; and when not engaged in house- 
 work, they kept their minds and hands busy 
 with something useful. 
 
 They were kind to poor children; they sought 
 out little ones that needed assistance ; showed 
 them how to be useful in assisting themselves and 
 others ; taught them how to be neat and clean, 
 and brought them into the public school, and into 
 the Sunday-school. 
 
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 They never pretended to be delighted when 
 people called, and then said mean things about 
 them when they had gone. 
 
 They always spoke in favor of the absent one 
 as far as truth would allow. 
 
 They never spent time in talking evil of their 
 neighbors, and they never made trouble by carry- 
 ing gossip from one person to another. 
 
 They seemed to very clearly obey the senti- 
 ment expressed in the following : 
 
 "IF." 
 
 ;«j.i.- you your lips 
 j Would keep from slips, 
 
 Five things observe with care: 
 
 Of whom you speak, 
 
 To whom you speak, 
 And how, and when, and where. 
 
 P/lF you your ears 
 
 *g Would save from jeers, 
 
 ^ These things keep meekly hid: 
 
 Myself and I, 
 
 And mine and my, 
 And how I do or did. 
 
 
Results of Getting into Bad Company. 
 
 PLEASANT lad was Arthur Benson. He 
 had one bad fault, however, and that was, 
 while he had an inclination to do right, he 
 lacked decision of character. When he was 
 invited to meet some rough boys down in 
 
 tthe alley, on the pretense of examining a 
 pistol, he went, and after he had been there 
 a little time had agreed to be one of a party to 
 steal goods out of a store belonging to a good 
 neighbor of his father's. 
 
 On the night when the theft was committed, 
 some of the thieves were captured, and among 
 them was Arthur. While many people felt sor- 
 row for him and his family, all knew that his 
 trouble was what might have been expected from 
 associating with disreputable boys. 
 
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Good Society Brings Prosperity. 
 
 ? WISE man once said: "If I could leave my 
 children but a single piece of advice, it would 
 be this— Keep Good Company." 
 'SfSrWhen we weigh that expression carefully we 
 see it includes a great deal. Good company 
 means association with the educated, the refined, 
 the good, the prosperous and the happy. In 
 that company the young are steadily improved. 
 
 Our picture shows a group of cleanly dressed, 
 pleasant boys, with whom it is as easy to associate 
 as those lads shown upon the opposite page. 
 In such company come a thousand advantages 
 which lead upward in life. In bad company both 
 boys and girls are continually tempted to do 
 wrong. They may resist, but the danger is they 
 may not. So great is this probability, that people 
 
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 A TURNING POINT IN LIFE. 
 
 look with suspicion upon the person who steadily 
 associates with bad companions. 
 
 • Which Party will You Join ? 
 
 * ANY YEAKS ago a thriving merchant of 
 Boston, who was famous for his success- 
 
 es ful liberality, told a friend while passing 
 through Charles street how he had once fought 
 for his soul's life, and conquered : 
 
 " It happened in the time of my clerkship,'" said he, " soon after 
 coming from niy country home to the city. I left my room one 
 Friday evening for a stroll by the Back Bay. While standing 
 there a moment I was hailed by a young clerk whom I had often 
 met in Kilby street. He was two years older than myself, smart, 
 clever, with an air and manners that were to me very attractive. 
 Looking toward ' the Hill ' over there — then notorious for its haunts 
 of illicit pleasure — he said: Tm so lucky to have met you! Now 
 come up the hill with me: we'll have a nice time.' Young and 
 social myself, it seemed impossible to resist. How could I ? 
 Having taken a few steps toward ' the Hill,' all at once the sight 
 of the chapel in the rear of the church reminded me of an indefi- 
 nite promise I had made to an old friend, that I would join him 
 ' some time ' on a Friday evening at the weekly meeting there. 
 But I was moving the other way. It seemed now as if I heard 
 his voice in warning: l If you go yonder to-night, you will never 
 feel like going to the chapel. Which party will you join? An- 
 swer.' It was the crisis of my life. Here I stood where two ways 
 met. The debate was torture. I prayed inwardly. Power came. 
 I stopped short, mentioned the pledge given to my older friend, 
 bowed off, and hastened to the chapel. What a welcome I had 
 there ! I soon found myself at home, and am at home there yet, 
 in companionship with a band of young men, true fellow-workers, 
 who are trying, ' to make the world better for being in it.' " 
 
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WHOM TO AVOTD AS BAD ASSOCIATES. 
 
 Who is Bad Company? 
 
 OES TH£ boy use profane language, chew 
 tobacco, and present a filthy appearance? 
 Shun him. He is an unfit companion. 
 Does he tell falsehoods, gamble, and 
 T neglect to pay his debts \ Avoid him. He 
 will be a bad associate. 
 
 Does he steal, desecrate the sabbath, and dis- 
 obey his parents ? Keep away from him, or he 
 will bring you into trouble. 
 
 Does he evince fondness for vile pictures, ob- 
 scene literature, and the company of lewd, licen- 
 tious persons \ You will be liable to be injured 
 by his companionship, if you associate much 
 with him. 
 
 Is he cruel to animals, little children, unkind 
 to the poor, and disrespectful to the aged \ He 
 is bad company. 
 
 Does the female say evil things of others \ Is 
 she given to gossip and tale-bearing \ Beware 
 of making a confident of her — she will say the 
 same of you. She will betray you and make you 
 trouble. 
 
 Is she given to vain and frivolous things \ Is 
 she fond of late hours, excitement and dissipation? 
 Does she lack prudence, modesty and virtue? 
 She is a most dangerous companion for a young 
 lady, or any young person. 
 
 
Bad Literature and Its Effects. 
 
 JfcljOU SEE tins group of boys gathered about 
 Wjz the bulletin-board of a news-stand. They 
 f are looking at disgraceful pictures, often 
 A seen at such places. 
 
 You see also that boy standing alone and 
 aside from the others. That is Henry Carroll. 
 In looking upon vile scenes like these, his mind 
 has become influenced with vicious thoughts, and 
 this indulgence has injured his health, made him 
 nervous, feeble in strength, and weak in his mind. 
 The study of such views has ruined the life of 
 many a promising boy. The medical books give 
 the facts, while prison records show long lists of 
 brutal criminals whose passions, influenced by 
 such literature and such pictures, have brought 
 them to a disgraceful end. 
 
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What Shall our Young People Read? 
 
 LO SELECT a good book or paper to read, is 
 like choosing a good companion. They are 
 much alike in their influence. 
 
 Our illustration shows the bookstore of 
 David Williams, a pleasant, genial, elderly gen- 
 tleman, in an Eastern city, who has a fatherly in- 
 terest in every boy 01 girl that visits his store, 
 whether they purchase goods or not. 
 
 He believes that he has no more right to keep 
 a bad paper or book on his table than he would 
 have to harbor an infectious disease, that would 
 poison the people who visited his place of busi- 
 ness. The young people go to him for intellectual 
 entertainment, and his rule is never to allow them 
 to take from his store a publication or a picture 
 that can tarnish the morals or injure the mind. 
 
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 BAD BOOKS AND THE "ROBBERS' DEN." 
 
 Unfortunately we have only a few dealers who 
 are as careful of the welfare of their young pat- 
 rons as Uncle Williams. Too many newsmen 
 are willing to sell any paper that will bring profit, 
 and conspicuously upon their list are the weekly 
 and daily papers that present vile pictures, and 
 detail the impure scenes of the court-rooms. 
 
 The strong hand of law may abolish these evil 
 papers, and it may not. In any event, we appeal 
 to the boys and the girls of the country to sup- 
 press them, by refusing to buy of a newsman who 
 deals in bad literature. 
 
 Remember, young ladies and gentlemen, you 
 can no more escape being injured by bad pictures, 
 books, and papers, than you can handle coals 
 without soiling your fingers. 
 
 It not infrequently happens in the large cities 
 that dens of thieves are found, composed of boys 
 of tender years who have entered upon their lives 
 of crime through the reading of various exciting 
 novels of bad character. A "robbers' den," 
 found in Milwaukee, was the resort of young boys 
 who had settled into the business of stealing, after 
 reading certain vicious books and papers which 
 made them acquainted with and desirous of en- 
 gaging in this kind of life. 
 
 Observation teaches that much knowledge is re- 
 quired in the selection of reading for the young, 
 that shall combine entertainment with instruction. 
 
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 How to Select Good Reading. 
 
 [TH the great variety of literature expo- 
 sed for sale, young people, it is not safe 
 to trust yourselves in clioosing your books 
 or papers, when buying at the stores. 
 You may get something useful, but with 
 the attractions held out by obscene publications, 
 you will be just as likely to purchase that which 
 will be injurious. Your only safe course of action 
 is to state to your parents the kind of reading 
 you want, or to some elderly, experienced friend 
 in whose judgment you can trust, and take advice 
 as to what reading you shall select. In most 
 cases, those to whom you apply thus will gladly 
 go with you to the store, and will aid you in mak- 
 ing selection. As we can determine the charac- 
 ter of a person by the company he keeps, so we 
 can very accurately judge of the intellectual ca- 
 pacity and the moral standing of an individual 
 by the books and the papers which he reads. 
 
 We know an individual who claims that in a 
 five minutes' examination of the household read- 
 ing, he can tell what the members of the family 
 know, what they want to know, and what they 
 do not know. 
 
 May your reading-matter, young ladies and 
 gentlemen, like your associations, be so chaste, 
 pure and unspotted as to be above reproach and 
 beyond suspicion. 
 
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Sunday Work and Amusement. 
 
 OU SEE that church in the distance, at the 
 right, and the people entering it. It is Sun- 
 day — the one day in the week set apart as a 
 day for spiritual improvement ; and yet Paul 
 Kelly and William Simons, the young men 
 in the picture seen fishing, have no respect what- 
 ever for the occasion. They evidently prefer the 
 companionship of drunkards and roughs to that 
 of temperate, order-loving people, who attend 
 church. 
 
 To them Sunday is only a day to be spent in 
 hunting, fishing, horse-racing, and kindred amuse- 
 ments. To them, therefore, Sunday is wholly 
 lost as a day for religious training and moral im- 
 provement. And what they thus neglect in youth 
 is a loss to them through life. 
 
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 Benefits of the Church and Sabbath-School. 
 
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 MO MOKE interesting picture can be shown 
 our readers than this, in which we look upon 
 jjjfr* a company of boys and girls, on the quiet 
 #W Sabbath, receiving instruction in the Sun- 
 •^ day-school. 
 
 The Sabbath is very justly regarded as a sacred 
 time, because it is set apart throughout all Christ- 
 endom as a day for receiving instruction and 
 training the mind in the knowledge of those truths 
 that lay the foundation for a correct and, conse- 
 quently, a prosperous, useful and happy life. 
 
 A person may have a superior education, and 
 yet become a criminal and end life in disgrace. 
 An individual may have an inferior intellectual 
 training, and yet live so nobly as to make a most 
 honorable career, in consequence of being well- 
 
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 taught morally. The purpose of the Sunday- 
 school is therefore one of the greatest importance, 
 its mission being to supplement and assist parents 
 in the moral training of their children. 
 
 To What He Attributed His Prosperity. 
 
 ~E EECOLLECT once to have heard an 
 honored, influential man of large wealth 
 and broad mind remark as follows : 
 
 " Without considering it in a religious sense, I regard 
 the observance of the Sabbath as the greatest civilizer 
 and the most beneficent custom in the world. 
 
 " To those who use the day for spiritual training and moral growth, 
 in value to the family it is beyond all price. It is a day for 
 rest and recuperation, by which the person will accomplish more 
 throughout the year than would be done did not this rest take 
 place once in seven days. 
 
 "Church attendants go into the best society on that day, and, 
 consequently, they are on their good behavior. They come in 
 contact with cleanliness, good dress, and the most reputable peo- 
 ple in the community, all of which tends to improve. 
 
 "In my own case, 11 continued the speaker, "when in church, 
 with the aid of prayer, singing and moral teaching, my mind en- 
 gages in religious reflection; and when I go out from the service 
 I feel myself stronger and better able to perform the varied duties 
 that fall to my lot in daily walk. Such is my experience, and such 
 is that of my family. 
 
 "I have been fortunate in life, and I am set down as suc- 
 cessful. If I have been prosperous beyond the average man, I, 
 more than anything else, attribute it to a kind, sainted mother, who 
 first led me into the Sabbath- school, to kind teachers that in- 
 structed me when there, and to my pastor who has given me spir- 
 itual blessing for many years. And in all am I especially grateful 
 for the Sabbath, that has come once in every seven days, to give 
 me these religious and moral privileges which I have enjoyed. 
 
 "Yes my friend, 11 continued the gentleman, "every Sunday finds 
 
 
PRINCIPLES YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND. 31 
 
 me with my family, during religious service, in my church pew; 
 and every Sabbath sees my children in the Sunday-school, as in the 
 moral training they « receive there lies th« hope of their future 
 moral usefulness. " 
 
 Such was the observation of a very intelligent 
 gentleman, whose placid, even and successful 
 life made his testimony of great value. Such 
 must be the verdict of every reasonable person 
 who understands the need of moral education. 
 
 No child, old enough to understand its simplest 
 lessons, should lose the advantage of the Sabbath- 
 school. Our boys and girls, however, should 
 understand that this is but the primary grade. 
 The regular church service is in the higher depart- 
 ment, and as soon as the young are old enough 
 to comprehend and understand the sermon, it 
 should be the duty, the pleasure, and the privi- 
 lege of every young man and woman to become 
 a regular attendant and a supporter of the church. 
 
 Let no scoffing, no ridicule, and no argument 
 prevent you from acquiring a knowledge of moral 
 truths. To obtain this, young friends, you must 
 go where morality is best taught. You need to 
 know the uses and benefits of prayer, of charity, 
 of forgiveness, of truth, of honesty, of chastity, 
 of temperance, and of practicing, in all your deal- 
 ings, the precepts of the Golden Kule. While 
 these principles may be passably taught elsewhere, 
 they are most successfully impressed upon the 
 mind in the Church and Sabbath-school. 
 
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First Steps in Robbery and Crime 
 
 OWAED Canfield and Philip Sanford occupy 
 our attention in this picture, as they are 
 stealing peaches from the fruit-wagon pass- 
 ing along the street. 
 
 These boys belong to a gang of well- 
 known pickpockets, each of whom began his 
 thieving by stealing apples and melons in the 
 fields, at first for fun, and afterwards for profit. 
 
 The habit thus begun, partly as an amusement, 
 developed into theft and robbery of such character 
 as brought them ultimately into prison. 
 
 The lesson here is plain. The boy who will 
 allow himself to take that which does not belong 
 to him, be the article ever so small, has taken the 
 first step that leads to theft, to robbery, and finally 
 into permanent confinement in the State-prison. 
 
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Returning Lost Property to the Owner. 
 
 .DWAKD Ambrose and Xiles, his brother, 
 had a most careful training by a kind and 
 
 r intelligent mother. 
 \J In her teaching she dwelt particularly 
 upon honesty and the importance of giving to 
 others what might be their due. Especially did 
 she impress upon their minds that anything 
 falling into their hands that belonged to another, 
 should be at once given to the owner. 
 
 We see this illustrated in Edward returning 
 the pocket-book which he has found, and in Niles 
 restoring to the ladies the shawl that has been 
 lost. 
 
 Both of these boys attained to honorable and 
 responsible positions in after-life; Ambrose be- 
 coming the treasurer of one of the oldest Life In 
 
RULES OF HONESTY EXPLAINED. 
 
 surance Companies in the United States, and 
 Mies the President of an Ocean Steamship line. 
 
 These boys, like the most of honest young men, 
 turned out well in life. As success, we see, 
 largely depends upon integrity, let us ascertain 
 what must be done to be honest and thus succeed. 
 
 $fe What Must You Do to be Honest? 
 
 f^OU MUST do to others as you would have 
 others do to you. 
 You must not exaggerate, nor misrepresent ; 
 A you must tell the truth. 
 
 § You must always return to the owner if 
 5 possible, property which you find, even of 
 small value. It does not belong to you — you 
 have no right to it. 
 
 You must not take advantage of another in 
 making change. If a mistake has been made 
 and you have been paid too much, you must go 
 immediately and have the mistake corrected. 
 
 You must render full service and full time to 
 your employer, when you are paid for so doing ; 
 and you must work to his interest, and for his 
 success, when you contract to do so. 
 
 You must faithfully represent the facts concern- 
 ing goods or articles you sell. You must not take 
 advantage of a child or ignorant person, by charg- 
 ing a higher price than you would another who 
 may be better informed. 
 
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 MUST NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MISTAKES. 
 
 You must not take credit for what you do not 
 do. If an author, and you quote from another, 
 employ quotation marks to indicate that you bor- 
 row what you use. If you quote to any consid- 
 erable extent, give the author's name from whom 
 you take the thought and words. 
 
 You must not allow people to be deceived in 
 any dealing with you. To sell an article at a 
 price much beyond its value, even though no 
 questions are asked, you well-knowing that there 
 are defects of which the purchaser does not know, 
 is a deception that you should not allow. 
 
 You must not seek to avoid payment because 
 of omissions in an account. In rendering to you 
 a bill of items, if a mistake has been made 
 whereby you are not charged enough, and you 
 are aware of the fact, even though greatly to 
 your disadvantage, you must point out the error 
 and pay what is due your creditor. 
 
 You must not take advantage of a mistake 
 which a conductor may make, when he passes 
 you and does not collect fare. You owe for the 
 ride. You should pay the debt, be it only five 
 cents, as you would pay any debt. If he fails to 
 call upon you, notify him of the fact and pay be- 
 fore leaving the car. The fact that a railroad 
 company is rich and does not need your fare is 
 no excuse for you. You have moral principle to 
 maintain, and to do it you must pay what you owe. 
 
Lack of Respect for the Aged. 
 
 ONG YEARS have passed since Aunt Rachel 
 was a blooming, blithesome girl, as beautiful 
 =p= as any in the town. A generation ago she 
 vf? labored faithfully in rearing a family who 
 have gone out over the world. To-day she is 
 almost totally alone. Misfortune has left her 
 with but little support, and age has bent her 
 form, and made her steps slow. 
 
 You would not suppose that children could for- 
 get the mother who tenderly cared for them in 
 their infancy and childhood, but they sometimes 
 do. You would hardly deem it possible, also, 
 that there could be young men so heartless as to 
 make sport of a kind old lady when passing 
 the street, as shown in the illustration ; and yet 
 there are those who are thus cruel. 
 
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 CAKEFULLY LISTENING TO GOOD ADVICE. 37 
 
 Kind Care and Regard for Old People. 
 
 fOYS ARE not all alike. Some have warmer 
 hearts and grander natures than others. 
 Our picture shows this. Although horse, 
 fjf carriage, and all the prominent features in 
 this scene represent old-fashion, the kind-heart- 
 ed, intelligent young men, whom we see, revere 
 and respect it all. They have kind words and a 
 helping hand for the aged. But we will let the 
 poet describe it : 
 
 [JThe woman was old and ragged and gray, 
 s ;*) And bent with the years that bring decay. 
 
 The street was hot with the sunshine's glow, 
 And the woman's feet were itged and slow; 
 
 She stood at the crossing and waited long, 
 Alone, uncared for amid a throng 
 
 Of human beings, who passed her by, 
 Nor heeded the glance of her anxious eve. 
 
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 38 THE OLD GRATEFUL FOR KINDNESS. 
 
 Down the street, with laughter and shout, 
 Glad in the freedom of school let out, 
 
 Came the boys, like a flock of sheep, 
 Jumping, and running, with hop and leap. 
 
 Past the woman, so old and gray, 
 Hastened the children on their way, 
 
 Nor offered a helping hand to her, 
 So meek, so timid, afraid to stir, 
 
 Lest the carriage wheels or horses' feet 
 Should crowd her down in the slippery street. 
 
 At last came one of the merry troop, 
 The gayest laddie of all the group. 
 
 He paused beside her, and whispered low: 
 "I'll help you across, if you wish to go. 1 ' 
 
 Her aged hand on his strong young arm 
 She placed, and without hurt or harm 
 
 He guided the trembling feet along, 
 Proud that his own were firm and strong. 
 
 Then back again to his friends he went, 
 His young heait happy and well content. 
 
 "She's somebody's mother, boys, you know, 
 For she's old and poor and slow; 
 
 " And I hope some fellow will lend a hand 
 To help my mother, you understand, 
 
 "If ever she's old and poor and gray, 
 When her own dear boy is far away. " 
 
 And "somebody's mother" bowed low her head 
 In her home that night, and the prayer she said 
 
 Was, "God, be kind to the noble boy 
 Who is somebody's son and pride and joy." 
 
 Years pass swiftly by. A little while and the 
 voice of father and mother will be heard no longer 
 in the household. Before they go let us ask, have 
 we repaid them for their care and love to us in 
 our early years ? The neglect to do so is touch- 
 ingly told by an unknown writer on the succeed- 
 ing page. 
 
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 J% REGRETS THAT CAME TOO LATE. 39 
 
 . My Mother's Grave. 
 
 TTT WAS thirteen years since my mother's death, when, after a long ab- 
 ^fji sence from my native village, I stood beside the sacred mound beneath 
 II f which I had seen her buried. Since that mournful period, a great 
 jl change had come over me. My cnildish years. had passed away, and 
 "\Vi w it Q them my youthful character. The world was altered too; and as 
 N I stood at my mother's grave, I could hardly realize that I was the 
 x same thoughtless, happy creature whose cheek she so often kissed in an 
 J excess of tenderness. But the varied events of thirteen years had not 
 "| effaced the remembrance of that mothei's smile. It seemed as if I had 
 • seen her but yesterday— as if the blessed sound of her well-remembered 
 voice was in my ear. The gay dreams of my infancy and childhood were 
 brought back so distinctly to my mind, that had it not been for one bitter 
 recollection, the tears I shed would have been gentle and refreshing. The 
 circumstance may seem a trifling one— but the thought of it now pains my 
 heart, and I relate it that those children who have parents to love them 
 may learn to value them as they ought. 
 
 My mother had been ill a long time, and I had become so accustomed 
 to her pale face and weak voice, that I was not frightened at them as 
 children usually are. At first, it is true, I sobbed violently ; but when, 
 day after day, I returned from school, and found her the same, I began 
 to believe she would always be spared to me j but they told me she would die. 
 One day when I had lost my place in the class, and done my work 
 wrong-side-outward, I came home discouraged, and fretful ;— I went to 
 my mother's chamber. She was paler than usual, but she met me with the 
 same affectionate smile that always welcomed my return. Alas ! when I 
 look back, through the lapse of thirteen years, I think my heart must 
 have been stone, not to have melted by it. She requested me to go down 
 stairs and bring her a glass of water ;— I pettishly asked why she did not 
 call a domestic to do it. With a look of mild reproach, which 1 shall never 
 forget if I live to be a hundred years old, she said, " and will not my 
 daughter bring a glass of water for her poor sick mother ! " 
 
 I went and brought her the water, but I did not do it kindly. Instead 
 of smiling and kissing her, as I was wont to do, I set the glass down very 
 quickly, and left the room. After playing a short time, I went to bed 
 without bidding my mother good-night ; but when alone in my room, in 
 darkness and silence, I remembered how pale she looked, and how her 
 voice trembled when she said, "Will not my daughter bring a glass ot 
 water for her poor sick mother ! " I could n't sleep. I stole into her chain 
 ber to ask forgiveness. She had sunk into an easy slumber, and they told 
 me I must not waken her. I did not tell any one what troubled me, but 
 stole back to my bed, resolved to rise early in the morning and tell her 
 how sorry I was for my conduct. 
 
 The sun was shining brightly when I awoke, and hurrying on my 
 clothes, I hastened to my mother's chamber. She was dead ! she never 
 spoke more— never smiled upon me again— and when I touched the hand 
 that used to rest upon my head in blessing, it was so cold that it made 
 me start. I bowed down by her side, and sobbed in the bitterness of my 
 heart. I thought then I wished I might die, and be buried with her ; and 
 old as I now am, I would give worlds, were the}- mine to give, could my 
 mother but have lived to tell me she forgave my childish ingratitude. 
 But I cannot call her back ; and when I stand by her grave, and whenever 
 I think of her manifold kindness, the memory of that reproachful look 
 she gave me will bite like a serpent and sting like an adder. 
 
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 qj 40 EVER STANDING AT THE STREET CORNERS. 
 
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 Corner Loafers Commenting on Passers-by. 
 
 HE CORNER loafers are familiar objects in 
 nearly every village and city throughout the 
 country. Their mission is to stand at street 
 corners and make comments on the passers- 
 by, particularly ladies. 
 
 Our illustration presents these fellows as they 
 usually appear, and, in vulgarity and low wit, 
 as they actually are. 
 
 It is clearly evident that the two young ladies 
 of the picture are the theme of their conversation, 
 the only unfortunate and unwise feature of tile 
 ladies' conduct being that one of them should 
 turn and smile upon these boorish loungers, thus 
 giving encouragement to their action, and con- 
 veying the impression that these ladies are lack- 
 ing in modesty. 
 
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Genial, Pleasant and Gentlemanly. 
 
 N SOCIAL relations with the opposite sex it 
 is the true test of the young man's character 
 fi when he can be pleasant, friendly and agree- 
 (k) able to young ladies, and yet retain that dig- 
 •f* nity which indicates the true gentleman. 
 
 It is a well-known fact that criminals commence 
 their careers of crime before they are twenty 
 years old, and a large percentage of all crime 
 committed is by young men under that age ; the 
 reason lying in the fact that in the younger years 
 judgment is immature, while passion and impulse 
 are strong. 
 
 For these reacons the young man is especially 
 to be commended who cherishes only exalted 
 sentiments, and in all places can be relied upon 
 as having a pure and noble mind. 
 
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 42 WHAT YOUNG MEN OUGHT TO KNOW. 
 
 Our illustration in the preceding page shows 
 Hartley Bennett in his meeting and recognition 
 of two lady friends. Although intimately acquain- 
 ted with these ladies, he never allows himself 
 to be other than polite and dignified, as he is up- 
 on any occasion when meeting friends. 
 
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 ^kv A Father's Advice to his Son. 
 
 f" KDOUBTEDLY young Bennett could attrib- 
 ute much of his personal purity of character 
 egfr to the advice of a careful, considerate father, 
 who on one occasion, when they were alone, 
 gave him this advice : 
 
 Hartley, much of your happiness in life will depend upon the 
 feelings you cherish, the restraint you maintain, and the correct 
 rule of action you observe in acquaintance with the young ladies 
 whom you meet in public and private, during your boyhood and youth. 
 There are a few rules you should observe; among them are the 
 following : 
 
 Never utter the slightest word that can tarnish the reputation 
 of a woman. Reputation is everything to her. A breath of scan- 
 dal, even lightly spoken, may ruin it. 
 
 Never allow yourself to take a young lady to places of amuse- 
 ment whereby her reputation may be injured. 
 
 Never take advantage of her confidence in you to seduce her 
 from the path of virtue. To do so would wreck her happiness 
 forever, and bring you never-ending shame and remorse. The se- 
 ducer is one of the meanest and most despicable objects on earth. 
 
 Never carry forward a correspondence on impulse, and make 
 engagements that you will break afterwards. All this shows fick- 
 leness on your part, lack of judgment, and a passionate, unbal- 
 anced mind. 
 
 Remember when woman comes into your society, being the weaker 
 and of a confiding nature, she naturally looks to you for pro- 
 tection. It will become you to be so strong, manly and noble, that 
 she will never regret that she placed her trust in you. 
 
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ADVICE TO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
 
 Remember, when a mother yields her darling daughter into your 
 charge, she does so in the full belief that you are a pure-minded, 
 moral gentleman, who can be trusted to guard her child and bring 
 her no harm. 
 
 And further, as it is a great error for a young lady to be a 
 coquette, bestowing her favors upon several young men, so it is 
 equally a mistake for a young man to pride himself upon conquests 
 with the opposite sex. When careful judgment has enabled you 
 to make a right selection of a lady friend upon whom you can be- 
 stow affection, be true to that one. Should she become a companion 
 for life, remember absolute fidelity to the companion is the no- 
 blest crown in wedded life. 
 
 And one tiling more, my son. Beware of disreputable places. 
 Beware of the woman lost to shame and virtue. You cannot as- 
 sociate with her and retain your self-respect and manhood. In 
 her society you will lose reputation, health and fortune. 
 
 Remember, while indulgence in passion will bring you destruc- 
 tion, it is only by honorable, prudent conduct that happiness can 
 be attained in your association with ladies. 
 
 v Advice to the Daughter. 
 
 t T IS highly probable that the ladies of the pic- 
 l[ ture whom Hartley is addressing are deserv- 
 f ing of his high esteem, from the fact that 
 they observe the following admonition given 
 by a wise, prudent mother to her daughter, 
 T which was as follows : 
 
 Have a quiet voice, a kind word and a pleasant manner for all 
 your acquaintances. 
 
 Let your street costume be such as will not attract undue attention. 
 
 Do not stare at gentlemen who may be strangers; do not jmile 
 upon them, nor look back after having passed them. 
 
 Do not by bold and expressive manner encourage undue famili- 
 arity. 
 
 Learn by investigation and by enquiring of superiors what is 
 right in morals, and follow the straight path with unswerving 
 rectitude. 
 
 Remember that modesty is one of the most highly valued gems 
 in all the diadem of woman's crown. 
 
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 WHO PAYS FOR THE DRINKS THIS TIME 
 
 In the Saloon To-Night— No Money To-Morrow. 
 
 KOAD IS the road that leads to attractive 
 resorts, where time may be wasted and 
 money squandered, without producing any 
 returns. 
 
 Our scene is the drinking saloon, where 
 the customers determine by a game of cards 
 who shall pay for the liquor they drink. 
 
 The surroundings here are all bad. The air 
 is foul with the odor of liquor and tobacco smoke. 
 The language partakes of the vulgar and the pro- 
 fane, and the tendency is to gambling and intem- 
 perance. Often amid such association the first 
 steps are taken that lead to dissipation and crime. 
 Where does the yonng man delight to spend 
 his evenings? Let us know, and we will tell you 
 whether lie will go upward or downward. 
 
Home Made the Most Attractive Place. 
 
 ET XO person forget that the young must be 
 amused. There should be a time for work 
 r a time for study, and there must be a time 
 $P for play. 
 ■f People of mature years will find a suffi- 
 ciency of amusement in the social visit, in con- 
 versation, in reading or the lecture. The young, 
 however, require recreation that gives exercise 
 for the body. In summer outdoor sports may 
 be had in abundance, but when the children are 
 driven in from the pure air by inclement weather, 
 what shall be done to entertain them then ? 
 
 The haunts of wickedness spread their nets with 
 allurements calculated to entice the young within 
 their unholy precincts, and they do this by deco- 
 .-. ration, music, and various physical games. This 
 
46 HOW CHILDREN CAN MAKE HOME ATTRACTIVE. ^'- 
 
 fact shows very plainly that the keepers of dis- 
 reputable places have a knowledge of human na- 
 ture which should be more generally understood. 
 Often the home is made very attractive to the 
 young, but sometimes it is not. In the latter 
 case children go out from it upon the streets, 
 and, away from the protection of moral influence, 
 they are liable to drift into habits of vice. The 
 home attraction should be strong enough, there- 
 fore, to hold the young until character is so formed 
 that temptation may be resisted. 
 
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 A Model Home and How it was Made. 
 
 S WE present this subject, there rises up be- 
 fore us the conversation we once had with 
 a friend concerning the family of Anthony 
 Roberts, a moderately well-to-do farmer, 
 who lived in the edge of a beautiful little 
 village in Eastern New York, the topic under 
 consideration being "Attractive Homes:" 
 
 We shall never forget, said the individual, our visit to "Maple- 
 vale, 11 as the place was called, nor the impressions formed from 
 acquaintance with the children, two sweet girls and two manly boys, 
 the latter Merton and William, at the time we saw them just com- 
 ing forward into manhood. 
 
 Merton, the eldest, was a young man of fine taste, and assisted 
 by William, he had made the grounds surrounding the place ex- 
 ceedingly delightful; the idea of the boys being to afford every 
 attraction possible for their own family, as well as those who came 
 to visit them. The resources of these young men, it should be 
 remembered, were mainly good taste coupled with labor. 
 
A CHARMING HOME DESCRIBED. 
 
 There was a large open common near by appropriated to base- 
 ball, when they desired to play, while nearer the house were lawn- 
 tennis, croquet and archery grounds. A stream had been turned 
 aside from the neighboring hillside to feed a miniature lake, in 
 which sported various kinds of fish, and on the waters of which 
 we rowed our boats. Beautifully kept lawns, swings, arbors, sum- 
 mer houses and ornamental shade trees, intermixed with flowers 
 and shrubbery, made the whole surrounding indeed a very paradise. 
 
 The house was not very imposing. On the contrary, it was 
 old-fashioned, but with two or three bay-windows, its broad and 
 long verandas, up which clambered vines, its every nook upon the 
 exterior was suggestive of quiet content and comfort. 
 
 In the interior the girls had assisted the mother and father in 
 making the home equally attractive. The carpets, wall- papers, 
 and walls of the rooms, were in quiet harmonizing colors, cal- 
 culated to set off pictures and furniture to best advantage Music 
 was cultivated. The parlor billiard-table, the chess-board, and other 
 opportunities for amusement, each had its place. 
 
 The literary society, the reading club, and the social union, all 
 held their sessions there while I tarried; and when my visit was 
 concluded, I departed with a full knowledge of the fact that to 
 make home a heaven where children in goodness and purity could 
 grow up to happy, honorable manhood and womanhood, it was only 
 necessary for the young ladies and gentlemen of the family to 
 unite with their parents in surrounding themselves thus with these 
 attractions that make home the dearest place on earth. 
 
 Such was the happy dwelling-place of a retired 
 quiet family, who through the aid of taste and 
 love of home had made their family fireside the 
 most attractive place on earth to all the children 
 of the household. 
 
 From such homes the children go out into the 
 world only when necessity calls them ; they re- 
 turn to its hallowed precincts with delight, and 
 the remembrance of its pleasant associations is 
 I ever a silen-t monitor standing guard over them. t 
 
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First Theft and Robbery— Next Murder. 
 
 HE STEPS from house-breaking to murder 
 
 are but few. Jay Hartwell and Carl Stebbins 
 
 were two boys whom we see in the alley 
 
 taking the- preliminary action of breaking 
 
 into a house for the purpose of robbery. 
 
 This was near the beginning of a long career 
 of crime with these boys, which was interspersed 
 with periods spent in jails and prisons, until at 
 last grown to manhood and free once more, we 
 see them in front of the Casino saloon engaged 
 in the double crime of robbery and murder. 
 
 It is clearly evident that society must be pro- 
 tected against criminals of this character, and the 
 fate that ultimately overtakes these boys is clear- 
 ly illustrated upon the opposite page, as shown in 
 their being taken from the jail and executed. 
 
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From Jail to the Execution. 
 
 ROPERTY and life must be made secure 
 against dangerous criminal classes. When it 
 is discovered that a boy or a man is disposed 
 ^P to take as his own that which belongs to 
 another, the time has arrived when it is necessary 
 to restrain him from his liberty. 
 
 If he will yet persist in violating the law, the 
 common jail or penitentiary, with rigorous confine- 
 ment, must receive him. If the criminal is a des- 
 perado, who does not hesitate to take the life of an- 
 other, then law demands that he shall suffer death 
 in order that the life of others be made secure. 
 
 In the distance may be seen Jay Hart-well and 
 Carl Stebbins suffering the consequences of 
 murder, among the causes that brought them here 
 being bad company, gambling and stealing. 
 
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 i 50 
 
 THE EFFECTS OF VICE. 
 
 No. 1. 
 
 ■No. 2 
 
 No. 3. 
 
 No. 4. 
 
 The Downward Path. 
 
 1£HAT our young friends may 
 realize the effect of bad associa- 
 tion and wrong-doing, we show 
 here the innocent face of the 
 lad as presented in No. 1. 
 
 ^GAIN we see him in No. 2, 
 when the effect of evil com- 
 pany, late hours, profanity, 
 neglect of personal appearance, 
 and irregular life, begin to 
 make themselves manifest. 
 
 ^EARS go by and, at No. 3 we 
 see our boy, fair-faced in the 
 beginning, now a barroom loaf- 
 er, with little ambition above 
 tobacco, liquor, and the grati- 
 fication of his low appetites. 
 
 §|ROKEN down, and worn 
 out much before his time, we 
 see him lastly at No. 4. The 
 face tells its own story of dis- 
 sipation, crime, degradation, 
 and final misery. 
 
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 THE RESULT OF .VIRTUE. 
 
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 Happy, Prosperous Life. 
 
 gjrGAIN we see, at No. 5, the 
 guileless face of the boy before 
 whom the world stretches so far 
 and wide, with its opportunities 
 and its temptations. 
 
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 * FEAY years and our boy is 
 a smooth browed, clear-eyed 
 youth, whom we see at No. 6. 
 He is living correctly, and he 
 is doing rightly. This is shown 
 in every lineament of his face. 
 
 ^L T K boy lias matured into 
 manhood, at No. 7, with an 
 evenly balanced mind, and as- 
 pirations all in the right direc- 
 tion ; consequently success and 
 prosperity greet him at every 
 turn in his career. 
 
 IflFE has been well-lived, and 
 his last years find him, as seen 
 at No. 8, in the midst of plenty, 
 honored and beloved, resting 
 serenely at the close, ready to 
 live and ready to die. 
 
 Xo. 
 
 ■Xo. 7. 
 
The Dishonest Confidential Clerk. 
 
 EORGE Mantbrdwas the trusted confidential 
 clerk in the banking house of Swan, Burton 
 & Co., in one of the large Western cities. 
 up No young man had a brighter prospect at 
 *^ his age. Though his salary was not large, he 
 need only to have been honest, prudent and atten- 
 tive to business, to have steadily advanced him- 
 self to a most desirable position. 
 
 Not content with legitimate prosperity, how- 
 ever, he began speculation with the bank's funds. 
 The result was loss of money, and loss of freedom 
 and happiness afterwards. 
 
 At length, realizingthat his peculations could 
 not be much longer concealed, he fled to a distant 
 country, in the hope of escaping punishment 
 when his defalcation should be discovered. 
 
Sentenced to Imprisonment for Ten Years. 
 
 @" ISXY A little time had elapsed when it was 
 revealed that George had taken from the 
 ^ bank several thousand dollars. 
 V Detectives were employed, who traced 
 him to an Eastern seaboard city, whence it was 
 learned he had embarked on one of the outgoing 
 steamers for an island-town, some hundreds of 
 miles off the Pacific coast. With the next steam- 
 er the detective followed, and only a few months 
 had passed when George was arrested, brought 
 to the city he had disgracefully left, was tried, 
 convicted, and sentenced to a ten years 1 term in 
 confinement. Our illustration shows him as he 
 is on his way in charge of an officer to prison. 
 
 Xo one can contemplate the fall of a young 
 man from a responsible and honorable position. 
 
HOPE OF GETTING SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. $? 
 
 to a condition of servitude, humiliation and dis- 
 grace, without feeling that the individual who will 
 sink thus has never had rightly impressed on his 
 mind those moral truths that are necessary to 
 success in life. 
 
 Why Did George Manford Fall? 
 
 FTER GEORGE had been placed in the penitentiary and the 
 excitement of his capture and conviction had somewhat sub- 
 J§^L sided, his friends commenced a careful investigation as to 
 the causes that produced his wreck thus early in his life, 
 and the examination proved that the principal cause of his 
 downfall came from his insatiable love of gambling. 
 
 From childhood he had been a gambler. As a small boy, he i.t 
 times had the lapel of his coat full of pins, and then there were 
 none, the pins being acquired and lost in games of chance. The 
 first sun of spring found him knuckling in the dirt with his mar- 
 bles, and his pockets at times loaded to the brim and then again 
 entirely empty of marbles. Games of many kinds he understood, 
 but he valued them only when they brought profit or loss. Instead 
 of settling down, therefore, to legitimate employment and actually 
 earning money, his idea was that, as he had done when gaming, 
 he could continue to get it for nothing. 
 
 He was infatuated with the idea, also, that he could some day draw 
 a great prize, and make his fortune in a lottery. He had seen 
 many people that were considered very respectable connected with 
 lotteries, and his love for gaming, and his hope of getting rich 
 without work, made this species of gaming very attractive to him. 
 
 This love for games of chance was unknown to the bank officers 
 when they took him for a clerk, and George proving bright and ac- 
 tive, and being of good family, he was rapidly advanced to a respon- 
 sible clerkship. 
 
 No sooner, however, did he get into a position where he had the 
 money of the people to handle, than he began to appropriate it to 
 the gratification of his own desires. He did not seem to under- 
 stand that, this money belonged to others, and he could not right 
 fully use one cent of it. On the contrary, when opportunity 
 
RESULT OF SPECULATION AND GAMBLING. 
 
 offered, he quietly took a few hundred dollars, and began lo 
 satisfy his love for gaming on a larger scale, by investing this on 
 the Board of Trade in the purchase of wheat. The grain he thus 
 bought sold for two hundred dollars more than he paid, and with 
 this good fortune he dressed himself in a new suit of clothes and 
 treated a number of his friends to a royal supper. It was about 
 this time that George Manford was voted a fine young fellow 
 worthy to come forward into fashionable society. 
 
 Again he speculated in grain, and again made profit. Then he 
 commenced a more expensive style of living. More ventures fol- 
 lowed which were fortunate, and this was succeeded by fashionable 
 entertainments that required considerable money. 
 
 George was not only a popular bank clerk now, but he was f;:r 
 on the road as a speculator and spendthrift. He would take a 
 thousand dollars of the bank, and invest in grain or mining stock, 
 sell at an advance, and, returning the money, live sumptuously on 
 the profits. 
 
 At last speculation turned the other way for him. Grain that 
 he bought sold at much less than he paid for it, and he could 
 not put that which he had taken from the bank, back into its 
 place. What should he do? Own up to what he had clone, turn 
 from his pleasure resorts and quit speculation forever? Never. 
 He had been fortunate before, and why not continue to be so? 
 Again he abstracted money, covered his defalcation with false en- 
 tries on the books, and again lost. And so he went forward, 
 stealing from the bank, steadily gambling in grain and stocks, 
 hoping that fortune, that had so often come to his aid, would 
 come once more, but it did not. At last, with many thousand dol- 
 lars stolen from the bank, and his theft disguised by many lies 
 upon his books in the shape of false entries, he felt himself stand- 
 ing on the brink of a precipice, at any moment liable to fall. 
 
 No one opened or shut the door at the bank, that he did not 
 look furtively around fearing that an officer was about to arrest 
 him. A knock at his door at night made his heart cease to beat; 
 a rapid approach of an individual toward him made him turn 
 pale. He could not sleep — he could hardly eat. 
 
 It was at this juncture that he took three thousand dollars 
 more, got leave of absence for a few days, and departed for a for- 
 eign country, to be followed by an officer, captured, returned and 
 sent to prison as we have before mentioned. 
 
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 ty 56 INTEMPERATE EXERCISE AND AMUSEMENTS. jk. 
 
 Excesses of Various Kinds. 
 
 ANCEL BROWNING and his family be- 
 longed to the fashionable, aristocratic and 
 
 wealthy circles of E . They might 
 
 have enjoyed much happiness, had not the 
 various members of the household been so 
 greatly addicted to extremes of various kinds. 
 
 While none were drunkards, intemperate drink- 
 ing was common. Late hours in dancing and 
 amusements, followed by rich and hearty sup- 
 pers, were the custom. Uncomfortable, unhealthy 
 and improper dress was the fashion. 
 
 Although the family retained their place in the 
 fashionable world, their daily life was a round of 
 such excesses and extremes as would cause them 
 to be properly classed among the dissolute and 
 the intemperate. 
 
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Excesses Yesterday— Sickness To-Day. 
 
 fATUEE WILL not allow herself to be cheat- 
 ed. This was fully illustrated in the Brow- 
 » niiiff familv, as shown at the head of this 
 # W P a S e * As tliey sowed so also did they reap. 
 *C" Excessive use of stimulating drink, highly 
 seasoned food, eaten at irregular and late 
 hours, loss of sleep, tight lacing, too much exer- 
 cise at times, and too little at others, brought their 
 consequences. 
 
 The hearse went out from that home early and 
 often, and the headstones in the cemetery showed 
 that excess and intemperance had taken all the 
 Browning children long before they reached even 
 the prime of womanhood or manhood. 
 
 Of all the population born on earth, only one 
 half reach the a^e of seventeen : and though the 
 
5$ HOW DISEASE IS PRODUCED. 
 
 allotted period of human life is clearly between 
 eighty and a hundred years, only one person in a 
 hundred reaches the age of sixty. 
 
 Life is shortened from various causes, prom- 
 inent among them being vice, excesses, and in- 
 temperance of various kinds. 
 
 w What Injures Mind and Shortens Life. 
 
 >0 ONE can study the effect of alcohol with- 
 out realizing that strong drink is a tremen- 
 dous power in breaking down the body, 
 paralyzing the mind, and lessening the 
 period of life. Tens of thousands of people 
 die early from intemperance in drinking. 
 Immoderate eating is another form of intem- 
 perance, the effects of which, though not visible, 
 are often very destructive. To live long, retain 
 good health, and possess a clear mind, highly 
 seasoned food and condiments must not only be 
 avoided, but temperance must be observed in the 
 amount which is eaten. 
 
 The dance that extends into morning hours is 
 often carried forward with great physical exertion; 
 the body encased in such tight-fitting garments as 
 to impede the circulation of the blood and prevent 
 proper inhalation of air into the lungs, is also a 
 form of intemperate over-exertion which is liable 
 to cause an early breaking down of physical 
 strength. 
 
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EFFECT OF EXTREMES. 
 
 Sports of any kind that compel a great amount 
 of unusual exertion, by which the body is over- 
 taxed, are liable to become an injury; thus those, 
 which in suitable amount would be beneficial, 
 may become exceedingly hurtful when indulged 
 to inordinate excess. 
 
 Hard labor that continues for long hours each 
 day, commencing before the morning light and 
 extending until after dark, for long periods of 
 time, the mind and body getting but little recrea- 
 tion, is an excess of exercise that is liable to 
 break down health and shorten life. 
 
 Exposure to the extremes of heat or cold when 
 the body is in condition to be readily affected by 
 such unusual temperature, is another mode of 
 producing physical weakness. Many a boy can 
 trace a life-time of pain in after-years to undue 
 exposure and continuance in water when bathing, 
 while a temperate bath would have been benefi- 
 cial. Long confinement inclose, darkened rooms, 
 in mines, mills, bedrooms, halls and saloons, 
 where the pure air has become exhausted or is 
 foul with dust or smoke, is a prolific cause of dis- 
 ease ; the lungs must have fresh air in order to 
 vivify the blood. 
 
 From the foregoing it will be seen that to live 
 long and have the mind and body in the best 
 possible condition, extremes in exercise of all 
 kinds must be avoided. 
 
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Outlaws at Home—Dividing the Spoils. 
 
 HAT A tale of isolation, degradation, vice 
 and crime does this picture portray ! Boys 
 that commenced their wickedness early in 
 life, have grown to manhood in their sins. 
 The domestic fireside with them is only a 
 scantily furnished room, which is barred, 
 bolted and guarded, as they stand in perpetual 
 fear of arrest at any minute. 
 
 What a place is this for a woman to make her 
 home ! What a condition is this in which to rear 
 a child ! 
 
 Such was the home of three noted outlaws, 
 known as "Max," "Coons" and "Darnley," 
 when they were arrested in one of the South- 
 western towns some time since, after a long 
 career of robbery and general crime. 
 
 
Results of Temperance, Industry and Virtue. 
 
 fp^ONTRASTIXG with the opposite scene, be- 
 Ifl hold here the charming; home of Mr. Leon 
 
 ■; the household con- 
 
 DeForrest, of JS T 
 
 sistina; of the father and two sous, whom we 
 
 mother and two 
 each 
 
 see in the picture, and the 
 daughters, the latter of whom sit one up< 
 side of the mother as they occupy the sofa. 
 
 It takes but a moment of examination to con- 
 vince us of the feet that this family is one whose 
 members possess, each and all, a high degree of 
 culture and refinement, coupled with excellent 
 judgment and substantial worth. 
 
 A brief survey of the room reveals comfort, 
 solidity, study, reflection, taste and prosperity. 
 
 On the succeeding page are given some of the 
 reasons for the superiority of this family. 
 
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 Business Knowledge which Children Should Have. 
 
 W 
 
 gl UCH A household as is represented in the De 
 Si Forrest's is a study. The serenity and hap- 
 piness that evidently prevail here may well 
 be desired by every one. At the request of 
 a friend, Mr. DeForrest has written out a 
 brief sketch of his home, its government and 
 its management, which we are permitted to 
 give our readers as follows : 
 
 I was reared upon a barren New England farm, and remained 
 there until I was twenty-one years of age, my labors being re- 
 lieved somewhat by going to the district school during the winter 
 seasons, the ordinary chores requiring me in cold weather to arise 
 before daylight in the morning, and work till after-dark at night. 
 
 When of age I left home to visit a relative in Central Massachu- 
 setts, my possessions consisting of a plain suit of clothes which I 
 wore, a carpet-bag with a change of linen, and about twenty dol- 
 lars in money, all my own earnings, the result of picking whortle- 
 berries and gathering nuts of various kinds in odd spells, the pro- 
 ceeds of which I was allowed to retain for my own use. 
 
 I went out from home with my father's good wishes, with my 
 mother's blessing, and the love of sisters and brothers. I possessed 
 a common-school education, good morals, habits of industry, and a 
 knowledge of the value of economy. 
 
 I obtained work at farm labor in the new town that I visited, 
 but soon went into a manufactory, attended to my business, was 
 advanced to a responsible position, became part-owner of the in- 
 stitution and superintendent, married and continued in the man- 
 ufactory, in the meantime prospering. 
 
 In after-years, of the olive-plants that came up around my table 
 there were two sons and two daughters. I was in ample circum- 
 stances, when :hey grew into youth, to give them every needed 
 comfort without their doing any labor themselves, but I very dis- 
 tinctly recollected that my own prosperity was built upon those 
 conditions that made it necessary for me to go to bed early, rise 
 early in the morning, live temperately and practice economy. 
 I $ 
 
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TEACHING A KNOWLEDGE OF BUSINESS. 63 
 
 Based on past experience, my wife and myself, through our man- 
 agement, have secured with our children the following: 
 
 Obedience. — Although we speak quietly and pleasantly, we are 
 firm in all commands. Our children know that we mean what we 
 say, and that there will be no deviation. They, therefore, implicitly 
 obey the first time we state what we wish them to do. 
 
 Health. — Children require more sleep than adults. Ours are re- 
 quiied, therefore, to retire early, that they may have abundant rest. 
 Care is taken, also, that they indulge in no excesses. 
 
 Good Morals. — Our effort has been to impress them with a 
 knowledge and understanding of the principles of good morals, and 
 in that we are assisted by the church and Sabbath-school, which 
 they regularly attend. 
 
 Knowledge of Values. — Each child is required, after arriving at 
 the age of ten or twelve years, to act as steward about two months 
 each year, during which time, under proper guidance, he or she 
 buys all necessary articles for the family as well as his or her own 
 clothing, a certain amount being appropriated each week for house- 
 hold expenses. Any money that may be left after the purchase is 
 made belongs to the one that acts as steward that month. As will 
 be seen, both boys and girls, through this procedure, learn how to 
 economize in buying, acquire a good knowledge of values, and 
 understand how business is transacted. 
 
 Economy. — Aside from regular employment, which each child 
 performs, opportunity is given each of my children, also, to earn 
 all the money they require for their own use, in extra labor. 
 They have all thus learned the value of money; they know 
 how hard it is to earn it; what ten cents and a dollar cost, and 
 the consequence is they know how to wisely expend what they 
 have earned. 
 
 Briefly summed up, my method of management with my children 
 has been such as to secure obedience, confidence and respect for 
 their parents, good education for themselves, based upon moral 
 principle, habits of industry, knowledge of values and the meth- 
 ods of doing business; and all this under my supervision while 
 I have the opportunity to advise them. 
 
 They go out into the world possessed of a strictly practical ed- 
 ucation, knowing the things which they should understand when 
 they become men and women, and are able at once to take their 
 places in the active duties of life, with those who have had many 
 years of experience. 
 
Poverty, Squalor, Intemperance and Crirm 
 
 I 
 
 »"E HA YE detailed the career and the final 
 fate of the liar, the quarrelsome rough, the 
 thief, the gambler, the idler and the drunk- 
 ard ; but that we may fully appreciate the 
 "f poverty and degradation to which a vicious 
 life tends, let us look in upon the neighborhood 
 where the inhabitants are under the sway of the 
 vices we have indicated. 
 
 From these homes the degraded inmates sally 
 out into the world by day, to return to their 
 wretched abodes at night. Here children are 
 born ; here, in the midst of vicious example, they 
 grow into crime, develop into criminals, and, 
 in time, give to the world a progeny that will lead 
 a criminal life. Verily "the sins of the fathers 
 shall be visited upon the children." 
 
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Pleasant, Beautiful, Happy Homes. 
 
 E LOOK here upon a group of residences, 
 the owners of which are evidently an in- 
 telligent, prosperous people. 
 
 The contrast between these homes and 
 'f " those upon the opposite page is very great. 
 One reveals poverty, filth, ignorance, brutality 
 and degradation. The other indicates refinement, 
 cleanliness, order, thrift, happiness, prosperity 
 and wealth. 
 
 In order to clearly understand the reasons that 
 make this difference in conditions, we introduce 
 the reader to Mr. Abel Martin, who owns the 
 residence on the left of the picture, before which 
 plays the fountain, and in front of which stands 
 the carriage in waiting. 
 
 Mr. M. is a leading man in the vicinity, and 
 

 66 FORTUNATE IN BEING COMPELLED TO WORK. 
 
 the story of his experience, it will be found, will 
 well repay perusal. 
 
 Every person desires to be happy, to be pros- 
 perous, to be surrounded with the necessities, 
 with the comforts and a fair share of the luxuries 
 of life. In short, every body possessed of ambition 
 desires to excel in the legitimate pursuits of life. 
 Whoever will tell us how it may be done, we 
 listen to, therefore, with interest. 
 
 Abel Martin Tells the Secret of His Success. 
 3TR MARTIN jots down at our request, for 
 
 information of the young people of the 
 ^0 country, the following: 
 
 I will not go into detail of my early life, as it would 
 not particularly interest your readers. Suffice it to say my father 
 was an honest but poor, hard-working mechanic, who had a large 
 family to support. 
 
 As far back as I can recollect, I was compelled to work at what- 
 ever my hands could find to do, in order to contribute my share 
 to the support of the household. And at this day, when I calmly 
 review my early years, I am fully convinced that I owe much of 
 my prosperity to that necessity which compelled me in my boyhood 
 to form habits of industry, that have aidtd me in all my career 
 since that time. 
 
 I may say here, with the knowledge I now possess of human 
 nature, that I look with pity upon that boy, whoever he may be, 
 that is in such affluent circumstances as to make it unnecessary 
 for him to labor. He may, if carefully trained, turn out to be a 
 good man; he may prove to be a useful member of society, but 
 the chances are strongly against his ever making a decided mark in 
 life. While I thought in my youth that my lot was hard, I have 
 since learned that future good achievement almost invariably rests 
 upon those conditions that make labor a necessity. 
 
 I inherited some traits of mind that were unfavorable. Being 
 
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THE BASIS OF A PROSPEROUS LIFE. 
 
 naturally quick-tempered, I was quite liable to engage in quarrels. 
 I had also a strong disposition for exaggeration, which caused me to 
 falsify. As I look back now and thiuk of my untruthfulness, I 
 wonder how any one could have trusted my word in any statement 
 that I may have made. I often think, too, with my natural in- 
 clination to do the wrong thing, what a most fortunate condition 
 it was that I was compelled to work. Had I been in circum- 
 stances whereby I could have been idle, I would have drifted into 
 vicious habits beyond any question. My necessarily close atten- 
 tion to labor saved me. 
 
 My Turning Point.— I was well up in my teens when I became 
 interested in the reading of certain religions works, and in atten- 
 dance upon religious service: the result being that I became ac- 
 quainted with prayer and learned to depend upon it. That was a 
 turning point in my life. The world all changed to me from that 
 time forward. 
 
 Began the Study of Human Nature. — It was about this time, also, 
 that I became acquainted with certain books on self-culture and 
 physiology. I was a zealous student of mental science thence- 
 forth, and when other boys were giving vent to their emotions 
 and passions, I found myself studying tbem, and thinking vastly 
 deeper than I had ever done before. 
 
 Resting now in the later meridian of life, with my ambition 
 satisfied and having accomplished my fair share of success, I de- 
 sire to bear testimony, in my case, to the assisting power of prayer. 
 My way was never so doubtful that I could not make it clear 
 through this aid, and whatever my task or trouble, I invariably 
 came off victorious when I relied upon assistance from a higher 
 source. I want to give one word of advice to the young per- 
 son struggling to attain a higher and a better point in life — one 
 important word — it is this — Pray I 
 
 Good Resolves.— Through an understanding of myself, my needs, 
 my faults and my weakness, and experience of what was essen- 
 tial to be successful, I made the following resolves: 
 
 To be Truthful. — I resolved never to color a story by exagger- 
 ation in order to make it sound better. I learned that truthfulness 
 was one of the leading elements of success in business: as the man 
 who will tell the exact truth and fulfill his promises, can get 
 any amount of credit he desires, and will be trusted in responsible 
 positions to any reasonable extent. 
 
pi*-* : — ^ 
 
 l 68 MORALITY THE FOUNDATION OF SUCCESS. 
 
 To Live within my Means. — Whatever my income, I resolved to 
 so live that I should save some money; thus I was never harassed 
 with debt. 
 
 To never Gamble. — I formed a resolution never to use, consume 
 or partake of that which I did not earn or render an equivalent for, 
 as to do so was making another form of debt. 
 
 To be Temperate. — I decided to keep my mind and body in as 
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 To take time for Spiritual Improvement. — I set apart a regular 
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 Good Beading and Good Company. — I carefully selected my com- 
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 Wiser Every Bay. — I made it a point to learn something that 
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 These are some of the rules I have endeavored to follow: and 
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 Fortune has favored me. All the houses you see in the pic- 
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 who purchased. From the industrious habits formed in early 
 years, I continue in business, somewhat for profit, and largely 
 because of the vigor and pleasure industry gives my body and mind, 
 thus making my employment to me a continual source of delight- 
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