Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-11
DON'T KEEP us WAITING.

One of the safe rules for success in
life is, to be up to time" We know
there are men who are negligent Of
tho duty of punctuality, who still are
successful in spite of that great fault.
But such men are remarkable for capac-
ity, c~leverness or adroitness in escaping
Aud rs their greatest tri-
umphs are in the mastery Of tho obsta-
eles Of their W creation, the question
in their case naturally rises, whether
they would not effect much more than
they do, il it were no. that their "
csrelessness makes double work for
themselves.
But all men are not remarkable. Tho
number is very few Of those who a
afford to neglect anything which will
aid them in the pursuit Of their calling,
whatever it may be. Aud, as We have
said, the greatest assurance of prosper
ity is in readiness for each duty as it
presents itself. Every employment and
every appointment interests other par
ties and the man who fails to keep his
promise, or who disappoiuts the reason.
able expectations of other people, de-
ranges their plans and their business as
well as his own. There is a saying re.
corded Of u Philadelphia merchant, one
of the solid men," which is worth
repeating. A committee, Of which he
wa a member, wers delayed a quarter
Of an hour by the non-appenrauce Of a
person upon whom their business de-
pended. At length he came bustling in,
aud as he was received with some ex-
p~ressions of dissatisfaction, he an
swered, F." am sorry but, gentlemen,
it is only fifteen minutes" Fifteen
minutes" answered one Gan hour
and n quarter you should say, for there
are FIVE of us" If each Of the FIVE put
others to a like Inconvenience, and they
in turn disturbed more, there is no
measuring the sxteat to which the cir
Gle Of discomfort reached. And all this
confusion grows out Of the negligence
Of one person.
"The right man in the right place"
is a happy conjunction. The right thing
at the right time is just as important;
and the right man in the right place
is he who observes punctuality and
promptness. Moderate talents and av-
erage capacity are made, BY diligence,
to produce more important and lasting
results than can be accomplished by the
spasmodic jumps Of "smart fellows"
who presume on their clererness. Peo-
pie of quick approximations are inclined
to look down upon plodders," but the
plodders are, after all, the working force
Of the world. Adroit and clever people
are not always uupuuctual, though if
anybody can afford to be romiss, they
al Far the greater number Of those
for whom their friends have to wait are
The droncs, who, besides being late, arc
dull. There are certain words which are
not honored with a place in the diction-
airy, not even in Webster's Unabridged.
One Of these words is "do-less." II is
more expressive than many a legitimate
expression. 1t conveys what nj other
word can. The New Euglanders have the
word "shiftless," which is not half so
expressive. The shiftlcss man can
not make shift to escape a dilemma.
The do-lsss' man can do nothing.
He is always inert, and has not the
grace to care anything about his chronic
negligence. He is not even good at
making excuses. Franklin said that the
man good at making excuses is good for
nothing else. But the "do-less" man
is not even good at excuses, and conse-
queutly is good for nothiug-except
what the sailors say Of a lazy hulk Of n
fellow He is good for keeping bread
from moulding"
Young man, whoever you are, you are
probably in the employment Of another
and an older. There is nothing which
will certify you of employment and ad-
vancement so certainly NJ %punctual per.
formsnce Of what is expected Of you.
And there is nothing which will tend so
surely to your own comfort. Ono thing
to do at n time is the secret Of case in
the world but you will always have
more on your hands than you con man
age, If, in addition to present occups-
ton, there is a long srrear Of past neg
lec,s to annoy you. The present is veI-
alton, aud the future psrplexity, to a
person who has suffered his engage
meats to multiply by neglect.