Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-05
Dont's for Yodng Men.

Don't expect to earn your living with
out labor of hand or head. You must
eat your own bread or somebody else's.
Don't think it degrading TO work.
Onlv the fool thinks so.
Don't think you can lounge your time
away aud be of any service to the world
you live in. Only the working man
improves the world he lives in. Idle
ness is the condition of the savage who
is born, lives, dies and leaves the world
just as he found Ii.
Don't think polished boots, a clean
collar and cigar constitute the man.
1t takes more than that.
Don't start In life without an AIM
Point at something and go straight for
it. Ifyou live an aimless life you will
never amount to anything and will
waste whatever OF talent and energy
you possess.
Don't try to study that for which you
have no real inclination. Forced doc
tors, lawyers, ministers-forced any
things-are generally failures.
Don't expect to climb to the top oi
the ladder by one effort Enduring
success is generally won by slow and
patient toll.
Don't fall out with the world because
it refuses to applaud your first efforts
Keep on if you have the merit and met,
tie In you, you will force it to applaud
eventually.
Don't seek success by trickery oil
questionable means. The quack may
succeed for awhile in his humbuggery,
but when discovered, as he will surely
be, he collapses like balloonand that:
the end of him.
Don't follow subterfuge. Be fair
squarely-dealing, candid and honest
You will find these you largest capita
in trade and the only bases of enduring
fame and prosperity.
Don't tie yourself to another mans
coat-tail and let him do your own think
ing for you, unless you want TO be hi
tool.
Don't pin your faith to so-callcd
great men. You will find most Of
them very small as you approach them
Don't think that the vices of grea
men are TO be initiated. You will tnc
that you will have vices enough ot
your own TO occupy your attention.
Don't believe everything the womer
tell you. They like to say nice thing:
half Of which they don't mean. Iti:
a sort of privilege they claim and en-
joy.
Don't try to court more than half 4
dozen women at once. You will finC
by experience that one will give yor
abundant occupation.
Don't love a woman and be afraid t.
tell her so. Look her right square in
the eye, tell her so, and if she has any
sense she will admire you the more fol
it.
Don't If you are "kicked," interview
the bar-keeper, get blind drunk, make
an ass of yourself and show what level
head that girl had when she let yor
slide.
Don't visit your sweet heart more
than seven times a week, nor stay more
than six hours each time. She needs
some time to eat and sleep and devote
to domestic affairs. And you run the
risk of boring her.
Don't, if you have rival speak dis
paragingly of him. Ten to one, if your
sweetheart is as generous as she ought
to be, it will lessen you in her estima-
ton.
Don't think yon can command the
love of a sensible woman without CON-
msnding her respect, and you can't
command her respect unless you are re-
spected by others.
Don't be concerned about the size OF
her gaiter. This will have very little
influence in comparison with her head
and heart, on your future happiness.