The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-04-05

1T is that same reckless ambition which
has brought many a bright and capable
boy like you, not to great estate al
last, but to miserable failure and dis.
grace-not to a palace, but to a prison
Wealth, rightly got and rightly used
rational enjoyment, power, fame-these
are all worthy objects Of ambition, but
they are not the highest objects, and
you may acquire them all without achiev-
ing true success. But if, whatever you
seek, you put good-aoiU into all your
actions. you are sure of the best success
at last; for, whatever else you gain OF
miss, you are building up noble and
beautiful character, which is not only
the best of possessions in this world but
also is about all you can expect to take
with you into the next.
Fifty years ago, young man opened
a small dry-goods store in New York.
He had been a schoolmaster, but having
loaned his money to a friend, in order to
start him in business, he was obliged,
by his friends illness, to assume the
business himself. On the morning of
the opening, he heard his clerk tell a
woman that the colors in a piece of cal
leo he was selling would not wash out.
He reproved him for the falsehood on
the spot.
You know they are not fast colors
Then why do you say they are?"
thought was here to sell goods, :"
was the clerks poor excuse.
so you are" said the employer.
g But you are to sell goods for Just what
they are, not for what they are not. Don't
misrepresent anything, though you never
make sale. Treat every customer just
as you would wish to be treated your
self. Ask fair price for everything, and
do not deceive anybody. [ believe that
is true principle of business, and am
going to carry it out"
1T is fine theory, y replied the clerk;
{" but it can't be carried out in any line
Of business. If you are going to try it,
[ may as we'll look for another place, for
you won't last long"
The employer did try it, however ; and
when he died q short time ago he left
one Of the three largest fortunes in
America. His name was A. T. Stewart.
What became of the clerk I do not
know.
Now, I do not mean to hold up Mr..
Stewart as an example to be followed by
the boys [ am talking to. But he is q
striking illustration Of the fact that de-
ceptlon in trade is not necessary to sue
cess. He believed, on the contrary, that
in the long run it could only lead to
failure. Here is golden saying from
the lips Of q man who in FIFTY years
amassed more than $4,000, 600:
g CONSIDER HONESTY AND TRUTH AS
GREAT AIDS IN THE GAINING OF FORT
UNE,"
II such a man, with such wealth,
should go still farther, and make good
oOitt to his fellow-men the leading mo-
tive OF his life, what power he might
become, and what halo of glory would
crown his name
All, my boys, what a world this would
be If this spnit prevailed in tiff on
every side we met those ready to help
and cheer, instead of being compelled
always to be On our guard against sell
fishness and fraud Now, every one can
do his share toward making his own little
world such a world. I have known a
single brave, manly, generous boy to in
tiuence whole school, so that it became
noted for its good manners and good
morals. l have also seen a vicious boy
faint whole community of boys with
his bad habits, and set them to robbing
orchards and birds'-nests, torturing
younger children and dumb animals,
using bad language and tobacco, and
doing hundred other things which they
foolishly mistake for fun.
Goodwill should besin at home. How
quickly you can tell what sort of spirit
reigns among the boys or in the families
you visit In some houses there is con-
slant warfare; at any time OF day you
hear loud voices and angry disputes.
You snatched my apple and eat it
upp'
Touch that trap ag'in, Tom Orcutt.
and I'll give ye somethin' ye can't buy to
the 'pothecary p
Ma! sha'n't Sam stop pullin' my
hair? He's pulled out six great handfuis
already!'
-" He lies [ ha'n't touched his hair. .
Who's been stealth my but'nuts?"
Z" Pete shot my arrow into the WALL
and now sha'n't he make me another ?"
Then go into house where you find
peace instead of war, innocent and hap
Ply sports instead of rude, practical Jokes
and, oh, what difference!
You may always tell boys disposition
by noticing his treatment of his sisters.
A mean and cruel boy delights in tyran-
nizing over smaller children but in the
presence of stronger boys he can be
civil, and even cringing. A cowardly
fellow like that is pretty sure to exercise
his Immature upon the girls at home.
Now, [ know that many of the boys I
am talking to have far more goodwill
than they ever show. Their disagreed
BILE ways are the result Of long habit
and want Of thought. The spoiled child
is pretty sure to form such ways. He
is accustomed to think only of himself,
and to have others think chiefly of him.
That is the trouble, I suspect, with
Orson. Will he, when he reads this.
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