The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-02-14

ommending Others ont Of pure
friendship Indeed, sueh .. course
would be anything but an oct Of
friendship. because, a. compared 10
getting good sppointmenb, keep
lug II is ten times more ditilsult.
The road 10 success is not royal
road, but IL is a tolersbly straight
aud sure ono. Anxiety and watcli-
fulnsss for succ ess; avidity to seize
every promising opening, readiness
to relinqnish what is already gained
for something apparently more in
viting. is more often o by-way than
the highway. The energy expended
in this manner will pay u mtn hun.
dredfold more interest II directed to
becoming proficient in his d,ilv du.
tics, in mastering the difficulties OF
HE calling, 10 learning the science
Of his occupation, aud studying its
nsosssities. He should study not
only is, but ont OF, working hours,
When the pen, the tool or the in
trumsnt is laid down, and bis daily
duties are ended. 1t is this which
will enable fdture days duties, TO bo
performed moro easily AMI more
efficiently. In fact every j)t Of
knowledge gained after the hours Of
daily labor is capital which will bear
ample interest III the way of adj
vancenent; aud so suro is this that
II such studies are diligently aud
intslligentlv pursued, the present
will he the sll-abs ,rbing topic aud
the future may bs left ont of mind
with almost perfect assurance that
il will be we'll able to caro- Of itself
There are sometimes circumstances
which may interrupt successful
aud worthy career. but in srch II
case il is only necessary to begin
over again, nm discouraged aud with
increased determination to succeed
On OF the greatest causes Of fall.
urs TO progre s in business il dis
like to strenuous exertion, especially
when manual labor is entailed Too
many young men get the idea that
because they are snrrt they onyht
% be able {, live by their wits, ani
they shift about from pillar to post
in any occupation that does impose
what is commonly termed msnnil
labor. This indeed il ssd mis-
take 6esultory or itineraut occup,
tious are lAborious TO tbs body. aud
from their vicissitudes mud uncer-
tainty very s,hsus,ing t. the mini
All meu csunot. in the very nature
o, tliags. learn or follow II trade
but those WIN are adapted to do .,
Asill fad the p1rsnit less onorolI
aud more remunerstive that of en-
|tsrtAiniog no n. other pursu't bc'
cause of = dislike to a inannsl labor
fan operative becomes u skiiifuI
workmsn, he is success even
though he d,es not attain riches /:
aud il IA, permits this latt t,r f,c. e.
n Aka him ,iiscontsntsd. it il II It 40
evi leuc. that his career has not baen
4 success, but rather that he per
.uits y morbid feeling on that point
to overshaiov his succ -ss M d work.
nan 1t seems to bs human proc
livith +, wish that ones occupation
had been something .lse, almost
anything inised bat that whicl it
actnally il. aud we often hear it said:
IF | had my life to pass over agan
wouli be a so-and-so.'
We heard it remarked few days
ago If my father hal educated me
until | WAS Is years oh | should not
have repaired tn toll at the bench
Ihe reply to this WAS 8, we'll chosen
that We give it in full as follows :
'rhis is a mistaken iies When q
young man, of Is or 90 years old
aud with go I'd education. sets out
to earn his Own living hs is to b.
pitied. What is he fit for I Hs
kno w nothing OF any n,n's blsi
ness. he has no experience OF either
business or the world he can pcr-
form clerical work, bat 30 can the
oftice boy who waat Into ths o.G % ut
IL years ol ani had u ye,r at night
school. Hs can probably d, the
Same work as the boy, but he can.
not work for the boys pay he
cannot afford to start st the bsyin-
ming, but tries to jump into midi
die position which hs is not capable
Of holding. The boy is his superior
inasmnch a. he has learned somo-
thing Of the routine AN |. Of the pIr-
ticular requirements Of that psrticu-
lar business H. is als, growing
mp with the firm, and will in tins
understand the duties required in
every EN- m,loysrs station, from the
office boy up to whatever position
he may occupy. A good common
school education, with the assistance
ofa night school, "ill fit by fJr
any ordinary occnpstion.
A RoBpER FuILnp. CHARLES III