The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-02-16

" I Have ChanCe.y


ces in each hand. Tneu you have
,hirty-six at lcas, in your head. Ev
cry faculty you have will vote you in.
u oIliac, it you will only eofrancblse
it, aud iorm confederation between
the fieeuieo in your brain and the
ireemeu at the end Of your arms
Chances, plenty Of them, full under
our eyes, if we have only eyes to see
hem. and hands TO pick them up.
The falling Of au apple was the op-
portunity for Newton to solve the
secret Of tho skies. A floating sea.
weed, drifting BY the vessel when the
crew we're altering mutiuuous threats,
was tho chance seized by Columbus
TO paci fy an ipeipient rebellion. and
to inspire his promises Of new con-
iinept, and new world Of enterprise.
The pickip & up, in the streets oi Paris.
of a pin by poor boy, Us he was GO
ing from a great bank, saddened at
the denial of his application for a
place, was the 10 unding Of the sue.
cess aud prosperity ol Que Of the great
bankers of the queen city Of the world.
The simple act, illustrative of the
economical spirit asserting itself over
present griei, was obse rved from the
window; the lad was recalled and
the refusal recalled at the same mo
men,-iudustry, patience and horesty
did the rest. A chance remark
from peasant gi,l, il an obscure
couo,ry in England. falling upon the
eur Of tho young observing thinker.
DIR. Jcnosr, gave vaccination to the
world, and saves huudreds of thou.
sands Of lives annua lily. A pewter piaIe
founded the Peel ia mily. lobberts.
in the poor country about Blackburn,
seeing large family growing up
about him, felt ihat some source Of in-
come must be ajded TO the meagre
products Of his title farm. He quiet.
ly conducted experime n,s in calico
printing 10 his own home. One day,
though ttully handling pewter plate
from which one OF the children had
dined, hc sketc he'd upon its smooth
surface the outl ine Of a parsley leaf,
and filing this with coloriny matter.
he was deligh ted to find that the i'm
preston could be accurately conveyed
to the sur face Of cotton cloth. Here
was the first suggestion towards calico
printing from metal rollers. The
parsley leaf on the pewter plate
opcucd up q world Of industry to
Lancashire; aud Robert Peel, To TIN,
day. is called, in the ueishborhood of
Black burn. Parsley Peel"
Richard Arkwrlght. the thirteenth
child in hovel. with n, knowledge OF
etters-an underground barber with
II v,xen for awiie. who mashed up
his models ani threw them out ut-gave
his successful spinning model to the
world, and put scepter in England, ),
right h,nd such US no sovereign ever
welded.
The jumping tea-kettle lid is said
to have put the steam Into that boys
bead who gave us the great giant Of in-
dus,ry. A kite and key, in Frank
Inns hands, were the grandparents Of
our teleeraphs, aud all thesblessinss Of
modern Inventions applying electric
ity. A swinging, greasy lamp. just
filled with oil by avergsr in the Cath.
edral Of Pisa, caught the eye of Calico
at eighteen years of uge, taught him
the secret Of the pendulum, made
manys discovery in astronomy and
navigation possible, and gave w the
the whole mordern system Of the ac-
curate measurement Of time.
Don't say You have no chance |!
You have the same chance. and bet
ter, than the worlds greatest and best
men have enjoyed. Men UNIFORMLY
overrate their own strength the
former will do far less than We sup
pnse, aud the latter far more. "The
longer | live." says one Of sarth's no,
bls sons. "tho more am certain that
the great differences between 0ueu, be.
tween the feeble sud powerful, the
great and the insIsaidcsat, is energy
-invipcibIs dslsrm,nstioa- "a purpose
ceos hxsd. end then death o. victory r
That qsslIty will DO anything ~,
can b dens 10 this world |; ssa4a
tslaats, no eirsuarfa faness, - eptryV
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