The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-09
Good ADVICE 10 YonnE Men.

eA4S @AAPAS 4AeHHS ASSNANhJt
College, delivered by N. r. NJ. StimsOu
OF the State Senate, formerly OF the Mari
eta Register:
This brings lOrcibly to mind that an
looking back, while you are looking for
ward. With US who stood on the college
stage, years agone-wIth Presidents, Pro
fessors and Trustees, who have sat her
h0norcd-Rnd with all who arc passibl
into 1.-THE scar, the yellow leaI"-the grea
questions Of, life arc practically settled
but before you are all Of lies wonders ant
mysteries. Our days, frightening int
the evening, aud soon 10 deepen into thu
night, have their possibilities Vsll.nigl
ended; but YOUR daWnonly has beeR, yoh
sunrise Is now, your noon is to come, ant
you are Of those who are the centre Of in
terest in lies problem. Even the angel
look doRnswith more concern upon you
who have your possibilities veto achieve
Success This is the measure OF lifc.sFt
win II, is your task. And once for all, NJ
life Is TO be accounted success, which
has not Tor its governing principle posi-
tive right.
And, too, industry, sObriety, morality
and the like, may here be passed. Yot
have had these lessons well enforced upor
you--practice them. But let our ipjunc'
tons be:
/. Neer miss the hWin. 1t may seem
that there Is but little In this; yet in it Il
one OF the highest principles Of your sue
cess. Some years ago, u business man Of
Marietta, who never missed the train II
his life, and has been one OF our most sue
cesslul, engaged young man TO go Il
Belpre, on transaction Ul immediate i'm
portanCe. II was in the short days, anC
he was required to reach the cars in Har'
mar, an hour or two before daylight. He
missed the train, forfeited the confidence
of his employer, and thereby missed a
tirst.class opportunity TO make d start in
life, on the broad road TO success; and thai
young man has been missing the train
ever since. i''g ~ '.r..,
9. Be doing something, euen if tOittOul
price. For beginners, amount oil Compen'
sation is but a small matter TO consider
1t will almost take care ofitsClf. Do vel
and punctually what you have to do, and
the compensation will surely conceal
that you are worth. call TO mind
young man out of employment, who once
applied to citizen TO help him 10 a sit
uation. Certainly" was the reply, "gc
straight 10 where it may suit you, and
ask for work at whatever may be given
no matter how littlo-Prove yourself use
full, and 10 be depended on, and soon you
will be indispensable, there or elsewhere
and never again long want for a good
situation" The young man turned on
his heel, with expressed disgust. He II
still doing nothing for nothing-living
upon others. Yet the advice was sound
Noone wants a young man who Is loung-
ing around, out Of place, but one who /!
employed, and showing himself worthy Of
employment, has the eyes Of all employ
ers on him, and Is in demand at tho bes
prices.
8. Use tour best efforts in sohGtener you
undertake. The great want Of the age |!
reliable young men, who are masters o.
their several occupations. In every wall
of life, you will be told by those who have
valuable positions or business TO give
that It Is q matter OF study and difficulty
TO find those on whom they can rely, q!
Trustworthy and fully competent. Tit
world is full of half made men, and TIT
competition among them is fesriully OPP
pressiVe. That man was not far out
the way, who KEPT his boy steadily turn
ing CrindstonG for seven years. He wa!
~ avn I,tTy, Inn ~ IN iN mn fhint
we'll Be 'aIull man in your calling, and
you can snap your fingers in the face oil
tickle fortune.
4. Neper be asked a second time for lohd
is anolher's due. Borrow of Peter to pay
Paul, and Of John TO pay Peter, II need be
Have as few debts as possible. Buy To-
cash; and II you have not the cash, ant
still must buy, having established credi
by paying promptly, borrow the money
10 buy with. And consider that what i
economy in another, may be extravaganza
In yOu.-These are the "cheap" ways, ant
practicing them, you have the world
treasures at command, though you ma!
not want to use them.
Young gentleman: You will under.
stand that the point we, who have a past
would enforce upon you, who have tu-
ture, Is, that absolute neutrality-suspicious.
of character and in business or profession
leads 10 ABSOLUTE Success.
Now, don't feel that you know 1t all
which is not far from knowing nothing
Think of what you don't know, rathel
than what you do know; and tho NOR
you come TO know, tho more you will re-
alize the vast amount yet TO learn. Trus
not 10 tho spur Of the occasion, but fully
arm yourself before you go into the fight
and bear In mind that the world care
nothing about you, only as you come of
victor In that tight-nothing for your pri-
Vate griels. Wait not for luck, which vii
fall you ninety and nine times In a hun
dred, while persistent effort almost nevcl
fails. Make your own luck. Have re-
gard for little things. Atoms make In
finity; and whales are not to be found ever
In every sea. Trifles make the sum OF hu
man things. Have charity for the opin-
ions, words and acts Of others, remember
ing that the best ofpeople may look at the
best Of things, from different points Of
view, and disagree about them. Be pol
an olilce.seeker. Leave that 10 those who
can't be spoiled; and to those-maY you
come 10 be Of this class-who, having &C
complishcd success in private affairs, give
earnest Of success In public, men who arc
sun-crowned in private thinking and pub
lie duty. The world vastly over rates the
value of ofElce-holding. Improve The
forces within you; believe in man; have re-
spect for legitimate authority, human and
divine; and fear not.
In every car on the Connecticut River
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