The Arkansas banner., 1849-01-23
SOUND ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.

SOUND ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN. Ths diEeHhv q ettsiaias eapIovmenf, co often stated. and % often, doubt, existing arises we aPprehend, not unfrcquenfy from causes within ourselves, and over which we have control. Man is too often unwilling to do what his hands find to do. Pride interposss is objection sgainss certain kinds of work. The youngsteF comes from the country to the town to be clerk he can obtain work only as porter. The farmers boy aspires to 6s counter-jHmper; he can only be stevedose lawyer's feathers are Hedging; he might make, with industry, tOerable mechanic whereas he will mako only an intolerable lawyer. The nomlnal doctor was cut outfo . wood sawyer. The great the first. almost the only lesson to Iearn when seek ing employment, is: What am fitted for and II tAst employment cannot just then Dc got, what eaa find to do!' And do it, whatever 1t Is, with the hope of advancing.
 The demand for skill and capacity in this country
 such, h ali the varied departments of fe that hc who will stooP to begin at the beginning, and there bids his time, b quito suss In the progress of events of coming out al the end. But to take the first place at tho first sisp-or to rise wiihout showing the necessity or wisdQm of rising on esd by your laduarY and dsyQtinnzeis almost Ca Accessibility
 me Ine mAsn thing' thsn, iee yoenG na of talent to sf r. ,a' hs, ss. = mssn as first CT position given, t is altogether the aapirants faat he does not make himself indispensable to his empIoyer or show him that he is far better fitted fer place above that which he fills than the place he Is filing Op- t5 tuan oI true talent | Tor in this world, in any sphere Give him oppor- tunity, and he will create the necessity for himself | that no man can disregard Opportunty in short,
 s the tide that rolls all men to prosperity or fame
 The mechanical genius that slumbers In the far mers chimney corner, often needs but the opportu- nity in some large workshop to strike out in him the latent sparks that may inspire matter with new facilities of motion, and crown himself with glory as we'll as with gold. But that genius comes f.om the chimney corner and aspires to bs foreman in the workshop where hundreds were employed be- fore him, there will probably be no work for him. True genius, however. is always humble in its ss- pirations is so sure of the strong impulse within that 1t will descend to the humbes position to obtain the opportunity to show It's power. In the work shop. it wilt condescend begin with duties that servile. IL will build the 6res sweep tho rooms if necessary. for 1t feels and knows that there Is that within itself which no occupation smother, and that waits only for opportunity to shine. Hnmili- ty Is the characteristic of rising greatness. Wha; means to rise, and is willing to make the sacrifices necessary for rising prefers often tq have first rm fOOthod on the ground. amid the dust and dirt be- foie tt expands it's wings No fall is so great, it knows. as that of him who begins with creating large expectations, which he cannot falfil and in- flames others with ideas of his importance that ex- Perience soon shows is ridiculous. To create a rising impression, true genius feels that 1t must | often even undervaue itself or him from whom but litls Is expected and much comes. him great praise Is awarded. Such man is likely to be over valued-whereas he is almost certain 10 be under valued who overrstes himself, or who lets others overrate him.
 The young man in search of emplo yment can al-
 most always find it, If he will submit to the neces- sary self-sacr6ee, and then await for his opportu. nifty. But self sacrifice is indspensably necessary for the high places of life sro seldom CT never ob- taned but through long and painful vigiis stern appreDticeshiPs, or the most profound devotion to whatever one's business is. Oar own eyes will show that the of stie most eminence in their various pursuts about have risea to that emi- ncnce by slew. iabcrious, sud tedious steps. Emi nence Is not, In this eouhtry to be reached by s hight, but upon steps of long and constant nt and on foot, too, cften with burdens on the back that stagger and almost weigh down the traveller To learn and to understand all this the most af hicting. and generally the most difficult lesson O aspiring youth. The buoyancy of youthful aspira ton will recognize, not that walks by his fe ct but 1t fancies that he scars with wings. Ask the graduate of college if in his wish to be the con
 ducor of some leading jouVnal he would be willing to learn the trade of the Printers devil. and rC through all the various transformations of that i'm. portaut pcrsonagc, from being the biack-fa CT. rand office by up to being the inder of the ieadn article A hundred to one of such graduates wouiC shrink from such vassaiage; and yet the trade can- not be well learned without so doing. The states man, first among the foremost, maintains his posi- ton with apparent ease, and the whole nation bow. down before his genius with admiration: but ask g youth to submit to the nightly watches, the long sittngs, the suffering and general afiction by which the power is won 10 obtain that ease of positon n and hundred to one he will cover under the de mand that is made upon his time and peace. The orator has been created only by understanding and studying life in all it's varieties and then by hard study, and thus fitting himself to express his ideas l in the most vigorous way. The machinist has, by his fame and name, spoken in the powerful ma chinery of ths locomotive, or in the engine of the | steamboat, or in the common spinning jenny, but that machinst won his way from the poverty ol boyhood, In the humble task of cleaning the ma chine shop, or putting coal the fire that started all the machinery of the workshop. It is at the beginning things are learnt we'll When we begin to build, we begin under ground even. and the fabric stan6s only we lay its foundation firmly. But in these beginnings if is that every youth find something to do. If there Is not employment, in tho building above ground, go in and dig out the cellar. Rely upon ii, that wherever true genius or real industry and honor exist, the master workman wil in due time discover and promote IL, if for no other than this. that s kis interest 10 do
 difficulty in finding employment. ap- | prehend, If combated with such principles we here lay down. will not often exist, certainty not | with those who have no families dependent upon them, and who can, therefore, submit to temporary sacrifices of wages and time without any injury to others. Our country Is SO elamorous in its dema nd for lab0r above all for intelligent faithful devoted
 labor, that whenever 1t exists it must find employ, if it only make itself known, sho,o Iself that 1t can be known. There is scarcely an employer in one of our cities who has not place for such labcrer as we describe, even though every place Is seemingly full. It Is very true, he will not take the word of man that he Is everything he says he is: bat If he can but obtain the opportunity to show what he is and then his acts up to his words, employment ia sure, and his way to fortune is started.-.E r. Express.
 Curiosities of the Earth.
 Goldsmith tells that, at the city of Modena, in Italy, and about four miles around 1t, wherever it l Is dug. when the workmen arrive at the depth of