| Show THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE YESTERDAY near the beach of great salt lake in inthe the vicinity of garfield a man was observed going through a number of eccentric because unusual movements that naturally aroused irl in as to the cause of his peculiar cullar conduct he spent some time y ng flat on his stomach on an old boat in one band wasa was a neb fish bolest pole at the outer end of which was a mouthed bottle fastened by a braw brass ring his eyes were eager eagerly IX fixed upon the water around the eno of the pole and at frequent intervals the hot bot tle tie would dip and a critical examination of its contents ensue nearly the entire day was spent between this operation and wandering along the shore stooping down and keenly examining appearances around the edge of the water as if the gentleman had lost something of great value and was diligently search ing for it the fact is that he had bad not lost anything although he be was after what he was very anxious to find the man referred to was dr james E talmage seeking to satisfy his thirst for scientific information the boat and fish pole business simply meant that he was trying to catch brine shri mpr 11 1 1 while his in chose explorations were in the interest of the discovery ol of new forms of crustaceans in addition to other prizes secured by the doctor was a quantity of vegetable matter on which some of the forms of life found in the water of the lake subsist dr talmage was accompanied on his trip by mr 0 R savage who was after sand and salt water which are to be conspicuous components of souvenirs of the dead sea of Amer america Jes 01 dr br talmage io in hi his a persistent era latent pur suit auit of knowledge reminds one of thomas edward the scotch naturalist concerning whose exploits and remarkable e attainments samuel smiles the popular english author has written a most moet delightful volume the doctor exhibited his ruling passion under rather extraordinary circumstances about two years and a half ago he had been laid up with typhoid fever by which he was so prostrated that stone at one time his recovery seemed doubt ful after he had so far recovered as 4 0 leave his bed being still greatly re deuced and very feeble the writer was somewhat amused to discover on visiting him at his home that he had a large number of small boys engaged in catching bugs and butterflies he supplying them with nets for the purpose it was great fuu fun for the boys and afforded intense satisfaction to him as he delighted in classifying and fastening to card boards the results of their work it was quite interesting to note the satisfaction he evinced on account of having secured in this novel way a number of rare specimens here is an object lesson to young men who wish to travel the road which leads onward to success no matter what the line of action or the profession may be so long as it is legitimate A man to be successful must have a definite aim and keep his eye on it the thoughts and energies must be concentrated in one or at most a few directions instead of running along too many roads success depends upon a person being in love with his work enthusiastic in pursuing and performing in it and above all persistent and persevering men as a rule do not know their own powers of progress bie be manse they do not bring them into play the flodd plodding ing persevering courageous student or worker will in time far outstrip the man who MRY may more per sla tence this fact has been exemplified in instances without those who are doubtful of this would do well to read all of the works of samuel smiles who has done as much perhaps as any other author in the way of stimulating young men to study and work and consequently to place them upon and help them along the road that leads to success |
