The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-22
DoA,r KREP Us WAITING,

From he Philadelphia Ledger.
One OF the safe rules for success Ii
life 10, To DO up 10 tlme.' We know
that there are men who are neglIgen
OF the duty Of punotuality, who still
are BuccesRfnl In spite OF that Rrea
fault. But such men ore remarkable
for capacity, cleverness or adroItnesl
In escaping difficulty. Aud "a thell
greatest triumphs are In the mastery O
the obstacles OF their own creation, thI
question In their case naturally rises
whether they would not effect muct
moro than they do, II II were not tha
their own careleHaneaR makes double
work for themselves.
Bat all men are not remarkable
The number 10 very few Of those who
can afford to neglect anything which
will aid them In the pursuit Of thell
calling, whatever II may be. And, al
we have said, the greatest assurance
OF prosperity 10 In readiness for each
duty ~ II presents Itself, Every EN-,
pIoyment and every appointment In
tefests other parties; ana the man who
falls 10 keep bis promise, or who dis.
appolntB the reasonable expectations OIL
other people, deranges their plans and
their business 40 we'll as his own.
There ID saying recorded Of n worthy
Phlladelphia merchant, one oil OUT
'aolid men, which 10 worth repeating
A committee, OF which he was q mem
Der, were delayed n quarter OF an hour
by the notSAppeArance OF q person
upon whom their business depended.
At length he came bpBtllug In, and NJ
he was, received with some expressions
Of dissatisfaction, he answered, Il am
sorry; but, gentlemen, it Is only fifteen
mlnutes.' Fifteen minules,' answered
one Of thin; IAN hour aud a quarter you
should say, for there are Eve OF u.s. II
each OF the five put others TO o like In.
convenience, and they In turn disturb.
ed more, there Ia no measuring the ex.
tent Il, which the circle Of llacontenl
reached. And oil this confusion grows
out OF the negligence Of one person.
The right man In the right place. Ia
q happy conjunction. The Right thing
at the right time ID Just as important;
and the right man In the right place ID
he who observes punctualIty and
promptneBs, Moderate talents and
average capacity are made, by dill.
gence, to produce much more important
and lasting results, than can be accom-.
plished by the spasmodlO jumps OF
'emArt-fellowg,' who presume on their
cleyerness. People OF quick appre-
tensions are inclined 10 look down
upon 'plodderB, but the plodders are,
after all the working force ofthe world.
Adroit and clever people are not oil.
ways unpnnctual, though II anybody
can afford 10 be remiSs, they can. Far
the greater number OF those for whom
their friends have to walt, are the
drones, who, beside being late, are dull,
There are certain words which are not
honored with . place In the die
tionary, not even In Webster's
Unabridged One OF these words
Ia 'do.less.' Il 10 more expressive
than many a legitimate expression.
It conveys what no other word
can. The New Englanders have the
word 'shiftlesa,' which Ia not half 30
expressive. The shIItless' man cannot
make shift 10 escape a dilemma. The
do less' man can do nothing. He Is
always inert, and has not the grace to
care anything about his chronic negli-
8ohOos n6 ID uUt oNeu BOuu NJ MdkluR
excuses. Franklin said that the man
good at making excuses Is good for
nothing else. But the 'do-less' man Ia
not even good at excuses, ana conse.
quently 10 good Tor nothlng-except
what the say Of q lazy hulk OF u fellow:
he 10 good for keeping bread from
moulding
Young man, whoever you are, you
are probably 10 the employment OF
another and an older. There is nothing
which will certify you Of employment
and advancement SO certainly as
punotual performance OF what Ii ex-
pected Of you. And there is nothing
which will tend 10 surely to your own
comfort. One thing to do at a time IL
the secret OF ease In the world; but you
will always have more on your hands
than you can manage, II, in addition 10
present occupation, there 10 loug ar.
rear OF past neglects to annoy you, The
present Is vexation; and tho future per-
plexity, to person who has suffered
his engagements to multiply by me-
glect.