The Goodhue volunteer., 1864-05-11

.a.@ MAY: H., .~ 1894.
| Good Advice to Young Men. i
The Dubuque Times has changed hands
and Of course upon the retirement Of the
late local editor, he issued his valedictory
It was no wishy .washy concern: like many
that preceded it, but it was an affsctionate
parting address to his readers, in which oe-
Cured The following word Of advice to young
men, that ought to be read, and reflected up.
on by all young and old men too: 3 .3 b
Yotn1 Man-Study Politics. Read the
history and study the .constitution of jour
country. Make yourself familiar with the
platforms OF the parties claiming your ale.
glance, and the sentiments Of the candidates
asking your suffrage. But do not become
ambitious Of political prefsrment. Do not
degenerate into an office seeker. Do not ex.
pect to make your living off from the public.
If you do, in the first place you will be dis :
appointed, and in the second place you will
lose your integrity and Independence in the
experiment, gaining only vanity and vexa-
ton Of spirit in return. Study politics, but
let your political mauouvering be confined
10 the destruction Of the political schemes
Of those who are seeking their own eleva.
ton regardless ofthe public good.
Be Independent. Don't act the sneak
Don't play the tody to some man OF men OF
'Dt1uenee, in hopes they will put you into
some place where you can got yourself a
liveing without SO much hard work as
would otherwise be your lot. If you wish
to get out or keep out Of debt, and to do 50
ind it necessary to wear patched boots and
seedy coat, arear them. Don't try to climb
into the strongholds of (cod fish) aristocra
cyoy the back stairs: Don't grieve if ycu are
not envited among bread cloth and silk
he gossips and she dandies. Don't sacri.
hce your own manhood in trying to satisfy
the demands Of tha. b ainless brawler, Pub.
lie Opinion. Be man in your own estina.
| lion, even il you have to dine on BUTTERFLIES
bread and colk water. ."A Is
BE not tho 4".1itio1s, Let not ambition be
your master" Do right, and fear not for
the consequences. BE true to thine own
sell, and it shall foil w as the right the day
thou canst not then be false to any man -
IT praise or fame shall follow your best Of -.
forts, accept with fear aud trembling: but
let not praise or fame be your highest oh.
ject. We are but sands in tho domain OF
no Infinite. We can fill At best but very
small corr er of immensity. Yet that cor.
"er Is part Of creation, and it is necessary
10 tho general harmony that it shall be fill
ed' Because your talents are few, hide
them not in napkin. W. mi hit sigh for
some higher Or conspicuous place than we
occupy, but nothing is to be gained by sigh
'ng-on'y by working and perhaps, after
al'' it. il better ~ it is. We might prefer to
be the eagle. soaring above the beetling cliff
but the robin and the blue bird gladden.
more hearts in the valley than does the "a,
gle on the mountain top. We may 10 am
bilious "f doing some great thing for the
world but we work most effectually for
tho world when We work most earnestly
'or ourselvcs-not with 4 narrow, selfisb
aim, but seeking to develop oar highest
capabilities. Human progress can only
come through the progress Of the individual,
The streets of.he great city Of Jerusalem,
we're kept clean-simply because every mas
in tho city swept his own door step Ever
do The duty that lie.h nearest near thee, md
life will be bright with ajoy unspsakabls
and = peacs that pss eth understanding. Z.
LIT not go thine intsgr'tv. NO, not tor .
moment On the southern orc OF thu
strait Of Dover lies the city Il C.l.ir,
pleasant seaport town in France. Here j,
situated light house hundred and eish
teen feet high, in ses. Strangers frequently
climb the circular stairs in the interior Of th<
building, and feast their eyes upon the uns
Iqualled view which is visible from It's sum
nit. One Of these strangers ones inquiries
Iof the keeper Of the Lighthouse, What II on,
Of these lamps should 60 out or grow dim
and yoa in your hammock belov. lsjl 70 Oh
serve it ? Go out, never! exclaimed tn
waschman. shu 'd.rins even lts the though,
ofsuch's catastrophe. (. Sir, sid hspo:ntin:
to tho bouIdless hsayinx ocean, yondrs
vhers you and 1 can 80 nothing. there art
ships going by 10 every part os ths vorl.ii.i--
!, II to night ,his. lamp should So ont, .by IN
by,i. may te in eighteen months from nor
would come. perhaps from IndiA. psrtsp
'fo." some far island in the Pacific, sfip1
soma ulaco I neraf heard 0f-a latter sa1