Daily Republican., 1883-07-12
SUCCESS IN LIFE.

SUCCESS IN LIFE.
rUCKY PEOPLE-THE FORTU
NATE MAN-WHAT CONsTI.
TUTEs TRUE RICHES.
,me men seem born to good fortune,
others, and unfortunately they are
majority, appear TO be subjected by
inv to eternal failure and disaster.
tune is represented as a blind god
because her favors are distributed
hout discrimination. The ancients
eved that the fortunes of mankind
|e ruled by the planet under which
we're born, and that good or evil
followed them through life accord
to their ruling star. These super.
IONS show that our f)refathers placed
little faith on the connec ion be.
EN- merit and success, and attributed
ans good or evil fortune to blind
tiny beyond his control.
the present age success in the
Lld Is of itself accepted as a proof OF
IN but still all meritorlous men do
succeed, and if the reasons why so
Nv fail are carefully examined, 1t
be found as a general thing that
fault lies within themselves. Henry
rd Beecher once drew pen picture,
Dpe of his mastery orations, OF a
|, coming out OF rum shop, where
had spent the day, with his hands
his pocket and pipe in his mouth,
held it before lis auditors as a
lure ofbad luck, and it was indeed a
picture of an unlucky man.
he able bodied nan who, because he
not obtain work at his trade during
lull season, refuses to take job at
tthing else, even though it be labor
work, and allows his family to
Ter while he stands on his dignity,
certainly very unfortunate man,
his wife is an unfortunate woman
she ever married such a being.
wife whose husband earns but ten
lars week, and who as the house
per and custodian Of his earnings
: to keep their expenses inside OF
elve dollars a week, is IA most un-
kunate woman, and it is but qnes.
of time when ruin will overtake
IN.
Experience has shown that the most
bortant element of success is econO-
not only of money but of time. In
cocating economy, penuriousness IS
meant, but merely such wholesome
lift az will disincline persons to spend
Dir time or money without an ade.
hte gain. The mechanic or working
IN who occasionally loses a day dur
the summer for the purpose OF CIV
his tired and wearied wife and
lie ones ride on the river, or a jaunt
the cars where they can have a
hnge of scene and inhale the pure air,
not a wasteful or eXtravagant man,
probably by a few dollars expend-
lin this manner he may save many
|the renewed life and health obtained
himself and family.
)n the aontrary, the man who WORKS
the week, and then spends Satur..
N night and Sunday in spreeing and
hiking with boon companions is not
an extravagant but foolish man.
is wasting his present substance,
priving himself and family of many
ngs that they rightfully should have,
kides contracting habits ofdissipation
i laying the foundation of disease
Il death.
Such a man cannot hope to be sue,
ssful, and belongs to that class who
! continually bemoaning their bad
Blk. There is another class that never
ccoeds, and they are the ones who
constantly envying their wealthy
ighbor. They do not consider tina,
the wealth of the world cannot pnr
|ase happiness, and that the man who
Is his millions is frequently not AZ
kh as they are themselves.
IThe mechanic who is blessed will
Salth and has steady employment, will
true and attectionate wife to gree
m when he returns from his daily
ii, and a coy little home where h'
tn shut himself from the cares ant
rmois of the world, is a richer MAJ
ian the one weighed down with th'
kres of an enormous business, whose
bly, thought is to add still more to hi
kcummuated store. Such Il man il
BIT rich in the true sense of the word
Ecause he is not happy, and he zoe
trough life miserable, and final!
tops into the grave, leaving a lot o
tirs, as Vanderbilt did, to fight lik
yenas over the property he has left
nch a man is certainly not to be en-
Jed. True riches consist not so muci
the amount Of II onty or property on
Ens, as in the amount of happiness D
Joys with what he has, a1d tn
lount of good he does his fellow-man