The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-07-04
EMPORIA NEW S.
g, FRIDAY. JULY 4, 1873
Hints for Thriving.


secret of success. Nothing but
rags and poverty can come of idle
ness. Elbow grease is the only
stuff to make gold with. No sweat,
no gian. He who would have the
crows eggs must climb the tree.
every man must build up his own
fortune nowadays. Shirtsleeyes
rolled up lead on to best broad.
cloth; and he who is not ashamed
of the apron will soon be able to
do without it.
DoN'T HURRY.-Belieye in trav-
cling on step by step; don't ex-
pect to be rich in q jump. Slow
and sure is better than fast and
fiimsy. Perseverance, by its daily
gains, enriches @ man far more
than fits and starts of fortunate
speculation. Little fishes are
sweet. A thread every day makes
a skein in a year. Brick by brick
houses are built, We should creep
before we walk, walk before we
run, and run before we ride. In
getting rich, the more haste the
worse speed. Haste trips up its
own heels. Don't give up a small
business till you see that a large
one will pay you better. Even
crums are bread. Better q little
furniture than an empty house. In
these hard times, he who can sit
on a stone and feed himself had
better not move. From bad to
worse is poor improvement. A
crust is hard fare, but none at all
is harder. Don't jump out of the
frying pan into the fire. Remem-
Der many men have done we'll in
very small shops. A little trade
with profit is better than n great
concern at loss; a small fire that
warns you is better than a large
fire that burns you. A great deal
of water can be got from a small
pipe, if the bucket is always there
to catch it. Large hares may be
caught in small woods. A sheep
may get fat in a small meadow,
and starve in a great desert. He
who undertakes too much succeeds
but little. Two shops are like
two stools-a man comes to the
ground between them. You may
burst bag by trying to fill it too
full, and ruin yourself by grasping
at two much.
BE SENsIDLE.-Do not be above
your business. He who turns up
his nose at his work quarrels with
his bread and butter. He is a
poor smith who is afraid of his
own sparks; there's some discom-
fort in all trades except chimney
sweeping. If sailors gave up go
ing to sea on account of the wet ::
II bakers left off baking because it
is hot work; if plowmen would
not pillow because of the cold, and
tailors would not make our clothes
for fear of pricking their fingers,
what a pass we would come to |!
Nonsense, my fine fellow; there is
no shame about any honest call
ing; don't be afraid of soiling
your hands, there's plenty ofsoap
to be had. All trades are good to
good traders. Lucifer matches
pay well if you sell enough of
them. You cannot get honey if
you are frightened at bees, nor
plant corn if you are afraid of get
ting mud on your boots. When
bars of iron melt under the south
wind, when you can dig the fields
with toothpicks, blow ships along
with fans, manure the crops with
lavender water, and grow plum.
cakes in fowerpots, than will be a
fine time for dandies; but until the
millennium comes we shall all have
a deal to put up with, and ha bet
ter bear our present burdens than
run heller SHELTER where we shall
lind matters a deal worse. Plod is
the word. Every one must row
with such oars as he has and as
he can't choose the wind, he must
sail by such as God sends him.
Patience and attention will get on
IN the long run. If the cat sits
long enough ut the hole, she viii
catch the mouse. Always at it
grows good cabbages and lettuce
where others grow thistles. l.
know q plowman that it is ND and
down the fields that plows the
acres; there's no getting over tho
ground by mile at a time. He
who plods on, the clods on, rods
On rods of the sods will turn while
aziness mods.
BE SQUARELY HoNEsr.-Never
Try dirty lodges to make money.
1t will never pay You to lick hon
~ OIL of thorns. An honest man
will not make dog of himself for
he sake of getting q bone. He
leeds to have a long spoon who |
would eat out of the same dish |
With Satan. Never ruin your soul |
or the sake of pelf; 1t is ike |
lrowning yourself in well to get
drink of water. Take nothing
n hand that may bring you re-
'entance.
SPEND w ISELH.--LOOk most to 4
our spending. No matter what
ONES in, if more goes out you
will always be poor. The art is
lot in making money, but in keep
ng it; little expenses, like mice in
barn, when they are many, make
great waste. Hair by hair heads
ct bald, straw by straw the thatch
oes off the cottage, and drop by
rop the rain comes into the cham.
er. A barrel is soon empty if
he tap leaks but a drop q minute.
hen you mean to save, begin
18th your mouth; there are many
hieves down the red lane. TheI
lie jug is great waster. In all
Their things keep within compass.
n clothes, choose suitable and
lstlng stuff, and not tawdry fin
ries. To be warm is the main
hing; never mind the looks. New
stretch your legs further than
le blanket will reach, or you will
Don be cold. A fool may make
honey, but it needs q wise man to
pend it. Remember, it is easier
build two chimneys than to
eep one going. If you give all
back and board, there is moth
Ig left for the savings bank.
are hard and work hard while
GU are young, and you have a
nance of rest when you are old.
John Pioughman's Talk. I.