The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-02-06

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II following l. taken ftom the sHome
1ntsrsf1 column Of die zfjBssx edited
by4rAN oseph B. Lyman, # Richmond
HHl Did any one ever compute the
number Of honrs, days, months, years,
nAFtn1 6psad in waiting! We-wait for
HI train We wait for an expected Wis
itOf; we wait for the opportunity; and
Ill the time tho precious sands are slip
ping through the. hour glass. Some
mt alifetime for their moment of tri-
1nph, and find it only at their exit from
the mortal stage. Happy they if ct
that late period fruition overtakes them.
NE young man waits his majority, to
tagin life for himself the young wom-
"a waits the coming Of another morn
risen on midnoon, which shall give her
mission and . sphere congenial to her
nature; and so, from the cradle to the
grave, sman never is but always to be
blest.'
~ Now We hsve . pet theory Of life
which sets.it to quiet another tune than
that Of waiting. We believe that there
IL in human affairs q system OF promo
ton, often invisible to mortal eyes, by
which, when one is fitted for higher
place than that he now occupies, he will
be advanced to It. instead of wait
ing for the hour when he shall step up
higher, let him diligently improve every
moment of time in qualifying himself
for the position to which he aspires.
While absorbed in the pursuit of those
which will enable HIM to hold success
fully the vantage ground he is fighting
) for; he may find himself in possession OF
that vastage ground unawares; one step
upward At a tine, persevered in, will con-
quer the highest mountain, and give
tho climber to look on all the vast land
scape below.
There is nothing so idle as mere
waiting and provision should always
be made by which thus proftless waste
ut time may be prevented. A bit OF
crotchet work or embroidery in ones
pocket an interesting book, vexcd So
cial question, may fill the gap made by
. delayed train, u tardy guest, or an out
ward accident. If dinner is not ready
on the moment the master of the house
will find tipe to read the market re-
ports; and if he is slow to answer the
dinner bell, his wife and daughters can
improsn the time in cleaning the journals
TOR the latest news. 1t is monotony OF
labor that wearies. Work can be adj
justed that one variety shall furnish rest
: from another. Whom one has gone
through severe intellectual labor, moth
ing is more refreshing than the rest that
cofncs after physical toll. The broom
should succeed the needle and not the
noodle the broom. 1t is IN the power of
many of US SO to adjust our daily lives
that bnt few Of the allotted hours shall
be passed in waiting. The amount of
actual performance one can show who
makes . judicious use of every moment
of tinic is almost.incredible. The great
est worker in this country possesses the
happy secret Of going TO sleep when he
is tired aud has nothing for the hour to
occupy HIM, and of waking up refresh
cd when duty summons hind ljan.
The veil which hides the futase nm
our eyes.is impenetrable, and we Sl&kdt
know to what peculiar end we are N0ls
ishfng our faculties, storing our minds
-cultivating our moral natures; but we
may be sure that when we are ready for
the niche we are designed to occupy it
will be ready for us, and there will be
no waiting tilfit is filed"