Conducting a business is line roiling
• huge boulder up a hill. The moment
you cease to push It, the moment you
take your shoulder from It and think
you will rest and take it easy, the boul
der begins to crowd back upon you,
and, if you are not careful, it will
Wither run over and cruBli you, or get
away from you altogether and go to
the bottom with a crash. It is neces
sary, says Orison Swctt Marben. in
{■Success Magazine, to be everlastingly
pushing, following up the boulder,
keeping it going. In order to get It to^
the top of the hill. One of the great
est dangers of early prosperity in any
line is a tendency to relax effort. Many
a man ceases to grow when his salary
is raised, or when he is advanced to a
higher position. Many a business man,
after he has built up a large business,
ceases to exert himself; and the mo
ment he pauses in bis campaign ol
pushing and struggling, the moment
he begins to relax in giving his close,
personal attention, his business ceases
to advance, and fatal dry-rot sets In
one of the worst diseases that can
seize any Individual or concern. The
man who attempts to run a business,
large or small, must keep his fingers
constantly on Its pulse, In order to
detect any rise or fall of temperature,
any irregularity, or any jar In the ma
chinery. When the head of a firm is
tiylng to take it easy, there Is usually
trouble somewhere.
NATIONAL PROSPERITY.
