The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-05-10
The Wrong Ernd Of Bor.


Speaking about boys. Did .you ever
notice how some BOYS make an effort to
get along in the worldP Whena young
locking fer a position in which he may
earn his daily bread and find clothes to
cover his nakedness. If he is one of
those reckless, vagabond sort of boys
whose thoughts don't run rod into the.
future, or hardly keep pace with the
things going ON around him, or has
grown up about as does alonely and .iso-
lated weed in the garden that obtains its
strength from rich spot in the ground
and draws nourshment from the better
fed plants and vegetables that from their
value receive care and attention, it is
safe to say that he is. one who. never
thinks of what the next day, month or
year may bring forth, and though near
ing the age of manhood he is about as
capable of filing the position Of man
as a muHey calf. Still, he makes pre-.
tense at caring for himself, and claims
to be doing all in. his power to get along
in the world. Such a boy starts. out to
obtain situation. He is reckless about
his personal appearance. His hair is
uncombed. face and hands unwashed,
and the general appearance of tramp
is his exterior recommendation. If he
applies for a position, the man who hap
pens to need young man sizes him up
and concludes that he had rather employ
Digger Indian, if he has got to reform
and make clean the person whom he
hires. And again, he will wander
around for days and weeks hang
ling around places where they have
no more use for boy tsthshf4a dog.
has for two tails. .Hefsspendsg = one
day loating about the depot, expecting
some one will come ardand and offer
day and board. He will stand around
and talk with the baggage man at the
depot, or help the lunch counter clerk.
carry in coal for his dinner, and in the
afternoon he loafs around some more
and serapes the acquaint of the
brakeman. in the. yard and helps ;hhn
couple cars and unload freight, While
the brakeman fllsShim fullaof tafy about
how easy. it is to get soft thing work,
ing for a railroad company. The next
he spendslat the police court listening,
to the eases tried, loafs an holT; Or two,
at the postofice, awhile in billiard hall
and winds mp Withaa visit toa saloe1
! All the time he is fairly. aching to, have
some one give him a position and he
curses thetcodntrY where a voting man
can find nothing to do. When YOU see
that kind of Young man You can set it
right down that he don't amohnttela
row of pins. Men don't hire boys from
under the caves OF saloon, and when
they are looking for . young man to do
q job of work they do not go through
the crowd Ioafng around the depot With
a search warrant and pick out the dirtiz
est young tramp among the number. No
one ever heard of man who wanted TO
hire a young, bright. aetiyes stirring heys
with fire in his eye, energy and vinegar
in his constitution, looking over
the loaferssq at the police station
irfaF such boy. At such places
! all tie boys you q would q find
would onlyghave energy enough to mas
ticate chew of TOBACCO, or hold down a
dry goods box on a street corner all day,
and swear through the evening about
the cursed country where there was moth
ing for q boy TO do. When a farmer
-eoineS INTO bOWn loOklflSf fiolss a fDoY 10
help at the spring work, at fifteen dol
| lars q month and board, he sdon,tE look
through the corridors Of the post -ofice
and pick out the slouchiest looking loafer
in the crowd, or hunt up a Billiard hall,
+ and hire the boy who eah pbcESet'1 the
most balls at pool, or drink the most
beer. Though a boy may wear ragged
coat, or his pants may Be out at the el1
bows because he has nosene to mend
them, it is no reason why he should not
be trump, and take the highest trick.
Many a, boy with holes in his boots and
his coat torn, but whose face and hands
were clean, his eyes bright, andahis sysl
tenn full of energy. has carried eff the
persimmons when other and better
4 dressed boys have stood around wil b
their hands, in their pockets cursing
their luck. But the boys can make Hp
their minds that9whiled q .bHslaess man
sees them loafng' around .depols, police
courts, the poSt-office, or street corner,
4 he would not hire any one ofitheir nuns
Der to carry swill to his pigs, That's
about the way business men feel about
it, and tits time theibDys knew III The
cleanest, brightest boy is the one whe
catches on every time. --Peck's iSttn. ?