Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-05

all comers for S5OO;" and it took him about
half an hour to explain what ne really was
to lecture on. Now his subject was
Big BIunderS.
and OF these the first and most important
was i multiplicity OF occupations. There
are few men who can do 4 half dozen
things we'll but they were the exception.
WHAT every one should 10 was find out
wat you are especially fitted for. and then
stick 10 il. let the mason stick TO his
trowel. the merchant TO his store, the
blacksmith to his anvil. the lawyer to his
brief, and the minister to his pulpit
and go wandering of over the coun-
try leCturiug. Eyery one who hal been
eminent in science, in sculpture, in finance,
in literature, in commerce or the arts, had
become so from adherence to this rule.
Fortunes were made from iron, from steel,
from board from paper, from glass. from
water, from fire from air, from lightning,
from everything which existed, simply by
the direction OF mans energies to one pur-
pose.
The difference between the various con-
ditiOns of men was the result only Ot the
endowment ut one more than another
with that tremendous quality OF
Sfick-tO-ItiEPnesS.
4 man did well with his factory manutac-
turing ShawlS but when hc concluded he
must make carpets, the carpets >watlOwed
the Shawls and the >hawls gulprd down the
mills and the owner was left bankrUptci
Blackstone was the best lawyer and COM
manded the biggest fees in his city, had the
confidence OF his clients and was on the
high road 10 wealth and prosperity, when
he concluded he would go into politics. He
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elected, which was aS near as he ever did
come, and. when disgUStcd with his eN-
pericnCe. he returned To his dusty Office,
the mu>ty volumes all seemed To greet him
with the refrain: Welcome home, Mr..
Blackstone. Jack OF all trades, master OF
none.
DIR. BonPSeItcr
was great practitioner. He was skilltul.
popular. attable and pleasant. When he
went into a drug store the medicines all
seemed to know him, and the quinine would
shake, and even the soda fountain seemed
about L. remark. What will you have,
vanilla or strawbcrry?' He finally conclu-
dcd to enter the ministry, and he mounted
the pulpit and the pulpit mounted him,
and the result was that on one Monday
morning they both met, and feeling low
spirited they attempted 10 enllvcn them
selves by singing song the refrain Of
which was. Jack OF all trades, master oil
none
gEN man from New England want ell tO be
President, and when one Of his neighoors
was asked what ne thought Of him, ne re-
piled that i'm his own town he Was thought
TO be 4 pretty GOOD man, bu' ii he vas
spread over the whole United States. he
would he
This was the difficulty with most men.
They spread themselves out Gn'il they are
awful thin, instead oi concentrating all
their energies in one tremcnduuuS effort.
Have one grand ilea aud stick % It. 1t
was worth 4 hundred li;tlc ones.
The merchant, lawyer, every man, Is
made to tit into some particular place, AL
il YOU don't get into that your whole lite
will re n failure There i something To do
for all. OF the 1900 rUUhun i'm the world,
no one else can 90 it for You. TAX" look
around end see what you arc lit for. AMI
W hen you have found out, 20 tn WORK ani
do it with Your whole soul. and leave the
rest TO God.
Good Temper.
Another hluuier is indulgence in Old
temper. Good humOr will sell the most
goods. win the most cases. cures the most
diseases. The poorest firm IL t,rowl, Spit
fire u Bro. They insult their clerks, write
impudent GUnuS, and even the dogs go by
their door with an CNpeCt@ut yelp. Moth
ing i worse than bad temper. Let two
young men start out with equal chances,
the one with bright, CHEEKY, sunny tenn
per, and the other with cross and Vuerel-
OuS ore. and the first universally comes out
ahead. Bad temper was worse than foolish.
IL was always acting like the man whose
dog had OilCend him. lie took club and
killed the dog and was beating the dead
carcass when neighbor demonstrated with
him. telling him the dog was dead. Yes"
he replied, Il know that, but | want to
teach him there's such thing as
Future Punishment"
MCrryman and WarmgraSp were poor
boys, and when they went TO the CITY from
their country homes, they took nothing
with them but their bright, sunny temperS,
4 clean shirt, two pairs OF socks and their
mothers blessing. Smjlingly they have
worked their way from one position to an
other, always cheerful, until finally they
have store of their own. They were
obliging, and when the farmers came in
they would leave their bundles there, and
naturally they came 10 trade there, and
soon by mere force Of good humDr and
an ObliCiug disposition they were in favor,
until to-day they have the largest store on
the best corner, in their own pleasant viii
lagc.
Melancholy poets may sing the doleful
strains, bIt UOt the melody OF Moore, the
vauSt;C verse OF Byron, or the trauScendant
Genius OF Milton, can paint the radiant
hUyS nt sunny temperament. No painter,
Gr he ever 50 great an artist, can catch the
tIngc Of the silver leaf kissed by the morn
ing sun. or the gorgeous heart OF the
Andes, when all the bright colOrS Of Heaven
seem to have fought battle.
The Effect OTGOsSip.
Another great blunder is disbursement
under bad treatment. Gossip was EenCr-
ally considered an attribute OF woman.
This was great mistake. He did not want |
to be responsible for what women said
when they were gathered together, but |
much less did he want to be held for what |
men say at the groceries. When they are
gathered together, the blinds down, around
the hre, what u SumptuOuS dish OF scandal,
as the jest goes round. How quick repu-
tahons tall. They are q great flock of
crows gathered around a carcass, which
they had not courage to kill. One remarks
That Mr II. is living too extravagantly.
Another that his children are sent TO ex-
pensiye schools. A third. that he is en-
1orsed IN bank, and still another that he
Vlll notify his friend who has loaned B.