Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-17
Let the Boys Make Themselves.

IO-udy as tllere ever was. EVERY genera
ton of successful men is possessed with
the idea that either it had exceptional
abilities or exceptional chances, the like
OF which the world will never know
again. But the world goes on; wealthy
men die and more men of equal or
greater wealth succeed them.
There never yet was a period in the
worlds history when pluck. energy, and
industry. coupled with shrewd business
sense, could not climb the rugged steep
which leads to fortune. Boys and men
must work always and wait often if they
would win ''in the fierce race for
wealth." But working or waiting, they
will win If they have the courage TO
seize their opportunities when these Of
fer and ability to profit by them when
they are seized. What we insist on in
this question of What shall we do with
our bOysw Is that they shall be given a
simple English education and then let
them do for themselves. Give them the
oyster knife and then let them seek the
oyster of fortune and open it,. If they
can't 10 this the chances are ten to one
that they would not have sufficient ''git
up and git" to take advantage
of fortune even If brought to them on
the half shell.
Just now there is altogether too much
sOlicitude on the part of parents as what
they will do with their boys, which
leaves the impression on the minds of
the young gentlemen Of the period that
something has got to be done for them,
instead of encouraging the more man
ly thought that hey must do something
for themselves. There is no reason to
on hot bn aho m 10 TO- 20,
and wealth are fewer and more Gifficult
than they were years ago. Jay Gould
was cowboy, James X. KeeRe came
Rufus Hatch began by dealing in gar
den sass" d. Appleton kept
grocery store, James Watson Webb was
a country clerk, Henry Willard was re-
porter, and not much Of one at that;
ter, II. b. Oaflin was Vermont school
teacher, Charles O'ConnOr was born in
shanty Of the poorest of Irish parents,
and Peter Cooper was a hatsers appren-
tice. This list might be extended in
definitely after leaving the ranks of the
very rich. But it Is sufficient to show
that it matters little where man starts
to climb if he only has the right kind Of
stuff in him.-ChicagO Heaald.
The Romance Of MIR. stephens Life.
In one Of the early years of the '4Gs
Mr.. Stephens, then Young man, paida
visit to the home of Mr.. Darden, i'm War
rem County. There he met flaxen-
haired, blue-eyed girl OF 16, beautiful i'm
face and lovely in character; piQuant,
witty, and gifted with a mind rarely
cultivated. An attachment grew up,
which for years did not pass the formal
bounds of friendship, but which was
sacredly cherished by both. The boy
lover was poor in this worlds goods;
fragile in frame and harassed by sick
ness, he did not dare to aspire to the
hand of one whom he had learned to love
and yet fOrebOre to claim. With wOman-
ly devotion the young girl read the
secret in the young mans eyes, and true
to her heart she could Only-wait and
le1e. One evening i'm ilS49 a party was
given at the residence of Mr.. Little, i'm
CrawfOrdville. There the two met once
mere; there they enjoyed that sweet
communion born Of perfect trust; and
there Mr.Stephens f0und:cOurage to speak
the words which fOriyears had fought for
expression, until at last he could no
longer contain them
Are you sure that there lives none
other whom you prefer to me?" asked
the maiden timidlr. half shrinkingly,
get only too happy to feel that she was
favored in his eyes.
"un the whole uniwerSe there EXISTS
net another" said he passiOnately.
Thus their trOth was plighted; the day
was set for their marriage, and all
seemed suspicious for the lovers. But
cL9uds lowered DER their hopes; matters
of a private nature which it is not within
the domain of the public to know inter-
Tened and deferred fruitiOn of their
hopes The one became immersed i'm
politics, and, racked with physical ills,
heSitated to enter a state where he fear
ed the happiness of the other might be
manred. The lady found her duty 10y
the side of an invalid mother, who long
fingered with combining disease. Thus
the years flew by; but the plighted trOth
was kept. Mr.. Stephens never addressed
another, and ever kept the image of the
fair young girl i'm his heart. The lady
was the recipient of admiration from
many, but to all she turned a deaf ear.
They have often met since, and while |
The idea of marriage was abandoned,
hey felt sweet pleasure in |
zach others society. But two weeks
igO the lady was at the mansion, and on
,aking leave of her old friend. one of the |
chairs tripped up,an unfavOrable sign! Jas |
he Governor remarked at the time. The
ady has for years been citizen of At
anita, and no one is held i'm more esteem
or every quality which adorns woman
rood than Miss Caroline Wilkins0n.-At-
anita Constitution.