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Show It ' The Road to Success. f No joung man bom In comparativc- j . I . ly poor circumstances should mistake " the road In life to make It a success. t, There is no going across lots to fame '$, ' and fortune, at least this is the rule. I. Constant labor, a purpose In view, ' working to It constantly, persistency l h f and patience are potent factors to sue- ' fi 5 cess. An old saj lug is often Indulged If g In that is not correct h: "Without I B" ' fame and fortune at forty, without i - f; fame and fortune alwajs." The I ' Astors and Vanderbilts accumulated I j their foi tunes after forty, spending K ! their joungerdajs In hard labor and ' meeting in.inj disappointments. The mother of Cornelius Vanderbllt gave j, h , , him fifty dollars. He bought a small j( f I sail boat and tianspoitcd maiket gai- ', denlng from Statcn Island to New f ' j Yoik, alwajssecing that his products i I & weio at the maiket on time. 'When ' ; wind was against him ho would vvoik his way over shoals by pushing Uio t boat along bj poles, putting his own i shoulder to the polo. This encigy to-j and persistency gave lilin alwajs a K ' command of full heights and lie made !, ,, money, after which he built and maui- W V I pulated steamboat lines. R Mr. Tobin once the President of the E i Hudson Itlver Itallioad Company, be- lw , gau working for Commodore Vandcr- if '' bilt when a joung man, as steamboat m clerk. Hcwaslnstiuctcdtoobscivetwo W I things viz: collect fare of cverjbody Ire j and allow no deadheads an the boat U$ ' i 1 and to stait theboaton time and wait HI for nobody. Tobmobejcd his ordeis absolutely oven to collecting the faio Iffl l of tho commodoie bin iclf tlie tlist t'? ! evening ho was on the boat. cxt v - morning, coming lelsuicly towards tho r' -MtfPyriiS?CHPBBK boat, the commodore was left because be-cause he did not reach It In time. Through attention to business Tobin became Mr. Vandcrbilt's contldentlal clerk and biokor and eventually became be-came a millionarc. Stephen GIrard commenced life with a capital of slpence, and one of his favorite themes In afterlife was "a mans best capital Is his Industry." His deportment was distinguished by Industry, fidelity and temperance. He aftcrwaids became a wealthy man, besides being a great plillanthioplst. P. It. Spencer the author of the Spcncerlan sjstcm of penmanship, used tho smooth sands of Lake Erie for the foolscap paper In and on which for want of other material ho perfected perfect-ed the .sjstcm of writing thai mot such gcncial favor In common and comtnciclal schools, notonly In America Ameri-ca but also In Km ope. Young men should remember that It Is not good for natuie to have life's l on (1 too easy, llcttei experience and enduic h.ud work and fare poorly at times, lather than to have cverjthlng done leady to hand, or tendered upon asllvci platter. Poor bojs need not not fear In this land of ours If they do not own a dollar, If they will only io-member io-member a few things. Itcmembcr that ludustiy, fiugallty, tcmpeiaucc and honesty will bring success to any man. Make jour mark high and work to It; learn to bo sclficllant. When divested divest-ed of patents, and other suppoits in life, jou will be able to stand against reverses that otherwise might overpower over-power jou. Ycais ago quite a few wealthy men died in this state, who left legacies of thousands of dollais to their sons. How many of these fortunate for-tunate hc,irs have made a success In life since the death of their Indulgent parents not manj; simply because, they wcrobiought up In luxury and wealth, not knowing tho value of money. They did not work for that which they had hence It went as It came, in an easy way. Means obtained by labor and energy Is lasting because the value of It is appreciated. Therefore There-fore bojs, whether or not jou have a dollar, a bright future is bcfoie jou, if only the stern qualities that make good men are lived up to In the practical pract-ical parts of life. |
