Boys Should Learn Trades

In uil oountrlea the workingmen biuH tliat tliey forin the backbone of the nstios. Wtthow entering upoo ik rezad Question of who fora the workhig classes, we think the must usciui man in any country s he who taarns a tnule. Compared wnh bltn the poor clerk, salesmnn and even many in the jirofetsiona, nava no calling or posiiion iliat can bear a momaat'a comparisoo, If they thoroughly master their trnde, goöd workmeo Deed ntmritta stnrvation i thev ill alwavi be able to makc a llviug. íf trede is diill at one place thcy liave only to oiiange to anotl.er. Párente In most coun11 es who are a littlc well off are too nmeh dispowd to tuni up rheir nose at the trades, and kistend of teaching their boys oue of these frlvethem :i tiri claaa edocation, and tlien ecimparatively throw it awayby putliiiLTthcin to whüt they falsely tliinli more retpeetable empltymsntefa clerk orsalesiimn, tlmt in general does not comniand lialfthü remunerfition. If parents wmild consult the future welfare of tlieir children they uill tendí tliem frailes. "Can do la easily carried bout," and if their cireumBtanoes rendet it necessary Ibr them to depend upon the labor of their hands they can start the better in business in that trade on their oivn aecountj or If a reverse of fortune hould tuippen they will have the power t eurninga liveliUood at their fiuger enda.