The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-06
OKOLONA, MISS, JANUARY 6, 1859.

knows nothing of its greatest men," bu
| there are forms of greatness, or at least
| excellence, which die and make no sign
| there are martyrs that miss the palm but
not the stake ;--heroes without the laurels
f and comforters without the triumph"
} The Boy for the Iimes.-We like ar
active boy-one who has the impulse o.
. the age--of the steamboat in him.
A lazy, plodding, snail.paced chap
might have got along in the world fifty
years ago, but he don't do in these times
We live in an age of quick ideas; mer
think quick, eat, sleep, court, marry, and
die quick-and slow coaches are not toler.
ated. go ahead, if you burst your boil
er' is the motto of this age-and he
succeeds the best in every line Of business
who has the most of "do or die" in
him.
Strive, boys, to catch the spirit of the
times be up and dressed always, not
Gaping and rubbing your eyes, as ifyou
were half asleep; but be wide awake for
whatever may turn up, and you will be
somebody before you die.
Think, plan, reflect as much as you
please before you act, but think quickly
and closely, and when you have fixed
your eye upon an object, spring to the
mark at once.
But above all things be honest. If
you intend to be an artist, carve 1t in the
wood, chisel it in the marble-if mer-
chant, write it in your ledger, Let hon
esty of purpose be your guardian star.
Opposition to Young Men.-Every
body knows how common it is for old and
middle-aged men, to try to keep young
men from rising in the world by sneers at
the youthfulness of the aspirants--as even
in the ease of Walpole whose taunts
against Pitt SO signally failed to dcpress
the latter, and served but to damn their
author to everlasting fame" Noyoung
man of talents, but has had such enemies
to encounter-men who seem to take 4
fendish delight and cherish certain
malicious pleasure in seeking to depress
everything like genuine enthusiasm and
the buoyant ambition of the bright boy
or brilliant young man.
This arises half from their malice, and
as much from sheer ignoranee of the ma
ture and temperament of genius. When
the climber upward has gained place
among his peers, then it is that these
miserable flatterers cringe and fawn as
basely as they formerly maligned and
ridiculed him, and would lain crowd out IF
sight his old friends and staunch adherents
In his green age and budding season, the
youth of genius Graves and requires sym
pathy. 1t is with him aespeciallo, land
| in measure with all men, an intellec-
tual want, as evident as the coars est
necessary elements OF existence,
Il Word to Boys.-Did you ever think
boys, that this great world, with all its
wealth and woe, with all its mines and
mountains set with briiliants, its oceans,
seas, and rivers laid with pearl and gold,
its steamboats, and ships, railroads and
steam printing presses, magnetic tele-
graphs, &C., will soon be given over to
the hands of the boys Of the present age I
This is really what awaits you, and You
should look abroad upon your inheritance
earnestly and hopefully, and prepare to
enter with stout and cultivated hearts
upon your duties. In after times let ii
not be said that you disgraced the place
of great men and heroes, whose mantle
is about to descend upon you.
| Earthly Glory.-The plaudits OF
earthly glory will die to an echo, the
laulel wreath will fade, and the withered
blossom drop from the brow of the con-
aaeror but he wha, like Howard, lays
Tic ioun,atiun OF Ills fame in the throbi
4,ina heart Of humanity, is carving out
for himself name that shall survive the
confederation of worlds. and shall ring
Itbrouri. the amarlnlhine bowers Of bliss
durins The rniless ages of eternity
Waste not the powers OF your mind IN
the pursuit of bubbles, wfica must burst
as soon as touched.
1.-The drying II single tear HIS more
"Of honest fame than shedding seas at gore"
:. He has not an Enemy in the World.
I-Hasntl Well we are sorry for him
for he has mighty little character who
has no enemies. He is nobody, who mas
not pluck enough to get an enemy
Give us rather, as our ideal of virtue and
manliness, one who has many enemies
one who has candor, and fearless love
for the thing he sees to be right. The
man Of earnest purposes, strong will ana
love of principle, for its own sake must
have enemies. But this so far from be-
ing i'll, is to him good. The strong tree
is more deeply rooted and fastened in the
soil, by the blast. than the summer
breeze. A man never knows how much
there is of him until he has confronted
and braved opposition.
or Dress doesn't make the woman
but when woman is made she looks o
good deal better dressed uP.,..9 r sss