The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-01-31

BY KARA KAru.


"sncce.s rides On every hour; grspple /, and 70,
may win, but without grapple you will never sue
|eeed-"-lIk. Marvel.
There il the secret of success Il Il the
lgrapplc that brings success to your nm.
ldertakings. Most people think IL chance
|or Tuck, as they call il. They point out
las examples persons who have risen Ia
places Of honor and trust in the world,
claim that they have had good luck. and
that those who have failed have had bad
luck, say that the goddess luck has
treated some with disrespecf. and
thrown all her honor in TO the one side
Of the scale, and left the other emptv.
Now this Is all wrong; il may be true
that in our darker hours. in our des-
ponding moods, we think so, but II i
not; ifany one so inclined will study
the life OF the great men OF the world. he
Will soon find that their success was
only attained by a hard struggle. AL
for il; some attained il more
easily than Others, some did not attain II
al all but those who did not grapple
for Il, only sunk the lower into the
depths OF degradation.
Success. What is IL? Is il chance
or good fortune as most people think I?
or j. 1t combination of both, with 4
great deal of hard work thrown in !?
Let us look for one moment at the vast
amount Of underhand wire-pulling ear
ried on every day by mammon Worship
ers to gain an upper hand.
Many are the ways taken to gain sue
,css in life, and build up a name for
themselves in the world Z; some sharpen
heir wits and deal in humor and sar-
;asm {; they thurst their weapons into
everything, and by that means bring
themselves into note. Others think "a
BRING themselves honor and fame. TO
win success. and place their names
'mong the great, by finding fault, criti-
Using, and tearing down and degrading
mother ii possible, but soon find that
heir projects are failure. and then
hey sink away and bemoan the cruelty
,f the world /; others embark in financial
business and hope TO win success in that
way and very often they do, but il Is a
amcntabc fact that many fail: whv
hey fail they know best themselves.
Liter all Is over. and ii is too late. too
ate I: but the most of the causes are be-
ause they thought there was a ,oyal
Dad. and let their business take care OF
tself almost, and when the race was
'vcr. found TO their cost that they were
eft through their own fault: others
ave embarked in the same line, paid
trict attention 10 business, watched the |
markets, put their wares on the public
vhcn IL paid them best, Withdrew them
Vhen prices were low, and so on through |
many years, and AT last reached the goal
hey long had sought. In this latter
lass may be placed Vanderbilt. Stew
RI and the Astors OF this country, and |
he Rotbschilds, OF Europe. For others
his mode Is TOO slow, aud they embark |
u specuIations: seek their fortunes in
be rise Of stocks, and on the gaming
able: they play with all the vim Of
desperate men, which in truth they are !:
he chance Of lasting success in this line
: very uncertain, and Is seldom attained |
1 all. though some men have attained |
uccess this way and kept 1t. In this
alter class place Jim Fisk. who placed |
IL first thousand dollars that he had in |
he world on the exchange. and in less
han week lost evcrv cent; that was
~ SUCCESS nc ntu IN MS nrstentefpflsc
great manv would then have omit the
usiness altogether. and the world
Tould never have found them investing
mother dollar in stocks. and thcv would
ever have attained success. The first
lilnre Of Fisk only made him the more
10 succeed: and he did, and
length came ont victorious as the
hampton OF the money markets; others
rc continually changing from one busi-
ess to another and they never amount \
anything Others seek TO ascend the
III and keep some one down at the
lInc time, and find to their cost that
ley never get up themselves.
- Success IN life u MP grsde
That W. all should ascend.
And with a will help up the hill
Our fellow man and friend