The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-25
Losing Situations.

1t IS Il bad business this of losing Sit
uations. 1t is Il bad sign, too, for it is
presumptive proof that the loser does
not deserve the situations he fails to
retain. 1t may not be on accaunt of
dishonesty, or drunkenness, Or immor-
ality; these are giant vices that con-
denim their victim in all places and
circumstances. The young man who
is dishonest, or addicted to dissipation
and 1icentiousness, need not expect to
be trusted with the business of others
it is a wonder that he should ever get
placc-much more that he should
keep it. But the severe eNactions of
business in these times require some-
thing else of Il young man than eXcmp-
ton Of faults and vices; they demand
positive virtues and aptitudes. a young
man may possess exemplary morals
he may tiatter himself that he has a
good education, that ho writes Il good
hand, that he is quick at figures, a
mathematician, u llinguist and Il scholar.
All this is we'll but it is not enough;
these accomplishments are graces that
adorn Il character, and give satisfaction
to their possessor they exact good
habits such as diligence, industry,
cheerful Willingness to work, without
measuring the allotted task Il vigilant
Watchtulness over the employers in
tercst; the practice Of doing things
Thoroughly and effectively; prolnptness
and reliability. All these may be
possessed by men of only ordinary tai
ents and Indifferent education but
they will enable such I man to hold
his situation, and rise higher and high
er in his employers favor, while Il
young man of superior talents, educa-
ton and accomplishments, who is des-
ttute of these sterling qualities will
lose one position after another. II is a
pitiable sight to see Il man out of busi-
ness, and without means, appealing to
personal friends to assist him to get a
place. He deserves sympathy and aid,
and his friends should not fail to en-.
courage and assist him. But there are
too many young men seeking clerk
ships and agencies, who want not the
situation, but the salary; they want
to do as little work and earn as much
money as possible. They perform their
duties, but decline to perform more
than their duties; they are languid,
listless and Indifferent; they take no
active interest in the fortunes Of their
employer, and put themselves to no
trouble to win his favor. These are the
men who lose situations without know
ing exactly why. If u man, young or
old, would retain his situation, and
win favor, let him make himself intlis-
pensablc to his employers. The task is
not Il difficult one, and will be worth
more than he imagincs.
Here is the Inscription Thomas Car
lyle has caused to be placed over the
grave of his wife:
"Herc now rests Jane Welsh Carlyle,
spouse of Thomas Carlyle, Chelsea,
London. She was born in Haddington,
18th of July, 1901; only child of the
above John Welsh and of Grace Welsh,
his wife. In her bright existence She
had more SORROWS than common; but
also Il soft invincibility, II clearncss or
disccrnmcnt, and Il noble loyalty of
heart, which arc rare. FOR forty years
she was the true and cver-loving help
mate Of her husband, and by act and
word unwcaricdly forwarded him as
none else could in all of worth he did
or attempted. She died in London,
2ist of April, 1866, suddenly snatched
away from him, and the light of his
life is as if gone Out.''
y special telegram to the st. Louis
Democrat, of the Sth, says 'sJ'hOs. a.
Hendricks and Geo. II. PcndlctOn tel
egraphcd hero to-day to u Democratic
member of Congress that the statement
of John -. Defrces in Il published tclc-
gram to Greeley, that they endorsed
his nomination, was wholly unauthor-
izcd. Hendricks added that he Would
regard the election of Greeley as II ma
tional calamity, and that he favored Il
regular Democratic ticket. The same
telegram is supposed TO have reached
the Democratic National Committee,
which met at New York to-day.'
Opium eating has become quite COM
mon in the United States, and particu-
larry in the West. The Legislature of
Kentucky, in order to check this prac-
tice, has just passed Il bill that on the
affidavit Of two respectable citizens any
person who, through the excessive use
of opium, arsenic, hasheesh, or any
drug, has become incompetent to man
age himself or his estate, may be con-
fined in an asylum and placed under
guardianship, aS iii the case of habituai
drnnkarIs or lunatics.
President buchanan, in u message
sent to Congress fifteen years ago, re-
marked that "ever since the origin of
our Government we have been employ
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