The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-03-30
How to Get on in Life.


4 vouDp man writes to us that he has had ten
years Office experience" We suppose as a clerk or
book-keeper. during which time he has saved me
sum total Of seventy-hve dollars" whlch Is MS All
He wishes to settle in some " growing Young town
and grow IN with it." He Is evidently sincere,
and his letters shows that he Is not deficient III
ability and has some good sense: We therefore
say to him, plainly, that success IN lie does not
come in that way. No man finds a fortune by
chance. nor can be q grow y into "a state OF pros
perity merely by planting himself in a fresh virgin
soil. Everything in lite worth having Is wrestIta
for and acquired through severe labor aud sell
deni Il. 1t is a great mistake to suppose that the
failures of aspirants in this line come from adverse
surroundings. Circumstances have much less 10
do with material prosperity than Is generally sup
posed. Favoring conditions may accelerate the
ACQUISITION of an estate, but the same application
and selfdenial will guaranty the final result under
any conditions. There are exceptions. OF course
but this is the rule. y man without a family. who
has been toiling in New York for ten years, ana
has laid up but seventy-hve dollars, would not
" grow up " into anything better. even amid the
stimulus of that wonderful activity whicn MARKS
the youth of a thriving town. The accretlon mat
comes upon a man who waits to grow up by ont-,
ward helps is only the OVERLAPPING OF rust ana
canker that gnaw out the vitals. The true growth
is that which comes from within, and employs
every faculty in the earnest effort. Nearly all our
Young men make the same mistake which our cor
respondent confesses-they spend too large a poI-
ton of their earnings for adOrnnlents and unhealthy
induIgences of the baser appetltes. Fine CLONES,
| jewelry, cigars. liquors. pleasure huntlhg' ana
! other costly or vicious habits. waste no lnconsIder-
/ able portion of their annual income. we heard IA
man spokpn of the other day. as one who had been
rema, kably "lucky" in establishing himself III Il
comfortable home. and that was the only word
used to distinguish between him and an associate
who had more brilliant talents. but Jailed OF sue
cess. There was no htcL in the matter, Tor we
knew them both. They both were married, With
out children, and each entering upon a salary OF
I Ia,GOT Sor PER hoard ~ i@%raTFapJvn. The unfortunate "
man took l IN brooA'~fai md wife at twiitnHi
""jiTs a week, which be said was the cheapest at
which he could get a comfortable room III a hrSt-
class house. The lucky . man looked Tor some
time until he found clean, healthy quarters. IN a
third story room at seven dollars a week Tor the
nair. his wife to do her own sweeping and make
her own bed. He lived within his income and iaid
ND money from the start the other ran In DEBT
and became embarrassed from the same hour'
There is no secret in such histories; he who runs
NAV read them. If any one assumes that the
nobler part is to " enjoy life as we go. and that
the acquisition of an estate, the foundation OF
which is laid in early self-denial and the structure
built in patient toll with the same prevalent spirit
ever present. is an ignoble ambition, we shall not
argue the case. But we do say that those VINO
desire this result can pursue it safely and surely IN
no other way. and if a man, after knowing what 1t
will cost. will not pay the price for 1t. he should
not Crumble or murmur against a discriminating
providence.-N Y. Journal Of Commerce.
One of the Italian clerical journals, the Unita
| CatiOhca, makes an announcement which seems
to indicate that the departure of the Pope from
Rome is an event that may happen at any mo
ment. 1t says, in fact, that 1t holds itself IN
readiness to change the place of its publication,
and to follow the Holy Father wherever he may
20. Should he proceed to France, Switzerland or
Germany. it will accompany him, and wherever
he takes up his abode, there the Un'ta Cdttohcd
will be printed and sent to subscribers without
extra charge. s'And perhaps adds the clerical
journal, ..the very patient Plus may be COM
nnelIed TO leave Rome sooner than is expected"