The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-06

poorer than when you had nothing; and
it is that same reckless ambition which
has brought many bright and capable
boy like you, not to n great estate Mt
last, but to miserable failure and dis
grace-not to palace, but to 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-piU into all your
actions. you are sure of the best success
at last; for, whatever else you gain or
miss, you are building up a 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 schoolmaster, but having
loaned his money to friend, in order to
start him III 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 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 ?"
81 thought was here to sell goods, !"
was the clerks poor excuse.
so you are" said the employer.
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"
cit is fine theory, replied the clerk;
"but it can't be carried out in any line
of business. If you are going to try 1t,
/ may as yell look for another place, for
you won't last long"
The employer did try it, however and
when he died short time ago he left
one of the three largest fortunes in
America. His name was A. Il. Stewart.
What became of the clerk / do not
know.
Il
Stewart rs an example to be followed by
the boys | am talking to. But he is a
striking illustration of the fact that de-
ception 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 n man who in fifty years
amassed more than $50, 100000
4" CONSIDER HONESTY AND TRUTH AS
GREAT AIDS IN THE GAINING OF FORT
UNE,"
If such man, with such wealth,
should go still farther, and make good
lCiU to his fellow-men the leading mo-
tive of his life, what a power he might
become, and what a halo of glory would
crown his name
Ah my boys, what 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 n world. l have known a
single brave, manly, generous boy to in
fluence whole school, so that it became
noted for it's good manners and good
morals. l have also seen q 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 beg in 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 Mt any time of day you
hear loud voices and angry disputes.
"You snatched my apple and eat i
upl"
"Touch that trap agin, Tom circuit
and I'll give We somethin' We can't buy t.
the 'pothecary's!"
"Ma sha'nt Sam stop pullin' m,
hair? He's pulled out six great handful
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 a house where you fin,
peace instead of war, innocent and hap
Ply sports instead of rude, practical joke
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
7 nizing over smaller children but in tn
7 presence of stronger boys he can b.
civil, and even cringing. A coward
fellow like that is pretty sure to exercis
4; his Immature upon the girls at home.
Y Now, / know that many of the boys
| am talking to have far more goodwill
i than they ever show. Their disagreef
: BILE ways are the result of long hab
e and want of thought. The spoiled chill
!, is pretty sure to form such ways. II
t is accustomed to think only of himself
g and to have others think chiefly of hin
It That is the trouble, suspect, wit
!, Orson. Will he, when he reads thi
# resolve to break up the old, bad habi
!, and cultivate the better spirit that is
n him
z, BY goodwill / do not mean simp
good nature. Good nature may sit ST
Z; and grin. But good-wiU is active, ear