The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-09-26
YOUNG MAN, BRACE UP.
A WESTERN EDITORS ADVICE To
HIS KIDS.
The Young Man Who sits Down In Idlo-
moss, and What Becomes Of Him.
From the Milwaukee Sun.l

A lazy man is too contemplate to live,
and has no rights his fellow men are
bound to respect. Young man, you may
as well understand, first us last, that
Won have got to work for all you get in
this world. You may not always get
what you earn, as there are men in this
world too mean and contemplate togivo
to others what really belongs to them,
but il You would keep out Of the poor
house, and have a competency in your
old age, you will have to work for 1t,
To be sure there is a great difference in
men. Some are endowed with greater
intellectual powers than others, while
some are greater physically. Some men
are born low down in the scale OF intel
lectualism, but mark You tho physical
Of such man. THERE'S way provided,
however, for every man to better him
self. You won't find it in the gin mill,
neither is it to be found at the gaming
table. Remember one thing, and that
is, you have not the capacity to take
into yourself all the strong drink made
in this world, and you had better let the
contract out before you attempt to work
on it. Don't bet all you have on bob.
tail flush, or before you know 1t the
other man will either raise you out OF
the game or come in on straight flush.
Nine hundred and ninety young men
out u thousand. who started with an
idea OF becoming suddenly rich by bet
ting on sure thing, get left, and are
worse off than when they came into the
game. The bay horse is more liable to
get beat If you hold n pool check on him
than he was before you put up your
money. Such certainties are uncertain
ties, and never give up q certainty for an
uncertainty. Don't fool with the tiger;
you can't most always tell which way the
beast will jump.
When a young man sits down in idle
ness. with an idea that the world ewes
him q living, it's high time his body was
committed TO the dust from whence 1t
came, As for his soul, nothing will ever
be known Of it. 1t is 30 small that it
would rattle round in the shell OF mus
tard seed, and when it leaves his lazy
carcass, is for ever lost on account OF its
infinite proportions.
A record of the young men who nave
been unfortunate enough to have for
! tune left them shows that eight in ten
never amount to o single atom In the
world, and seven out OF the eight die
bankrupts, financially, morally, and
otherwise.
When q father brings up his son in
idleness, never teaching him the first
principle Of economy or the value OF q
dollar, he commits terrible blunder.
The father guilty Of such crime gener-
ally has to saw wood for living in his
old age. Nine ont Of ten Of the boys
with fathers who bring them mp tn idle
luxury, ere they reach the meridian OF
life are total wrecks. Wrecked on the
rocks Of total depravity which lie be-
meath the stream Of life and on whose
sharp and ragged edges thousands OF
lives have been wrecked and ruined.
Money bags may, like bladders, keep you
above the waters of distress for time,
but puncture them, let their contents
escape, and you sink.
Young man, you have undoubtedly
meant to do we'll. No young man ever
goes astray Intentionally, but in some
idle thoughtless moment he graduates
from soda water and lemonade to some
! thing stronger, and before he is fairly
aware of it he has not only lost caste,
but has a whole menagerie on his hands
and is employing doctor to help dis
pose Of his immense elephants and thu
snakes that laughingly cuddle in hi
boots. Yes, the world presents too many
temptations for the minds Of all to with
stand, and the only safe way for young
man is 20 keep away from tho tempta.
ton. II you see man at wheel OF
fortune win ten times running by betting
on the red, you just keep your hands
out Of your pocket and see him lose all
he made at the next turn Of the wheel
and on the very color or number you
knew would win.
Boys, the recklessness Of youth is
what has caused 80 many mothers hair
to turn as white as the driven snow. It's
this that has caused so many fathers and
mothers to give up by the wayside and
be laid in premature graves. The follie'
Il Of our youth hang heavier upon tn
a hearts Of our fathers and mothers tha
II the milestone that grinds the kernel int
e tho finest -four. It's pity that some
% our young men Of to-day didn't fall
between the millstones before they hay
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