Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-16


Il i E-zsss hlsssed. the leetursr said
20 RivS thaa 70 receive adsieeL The
only man ! ever knew Who feIs that be
sss 100 yoznR 10 advise ether people
was ninstg-eiRhf years old, and had
Ioss begun 20 learn that be did not
know anything. foa always paw for
the best advice. Really good advice 10
never tree- Did yUa ever ssh your lsw-
yes z qoessson, NY sony And what did
the lagyer sayf Fifty dollars. II Won
want 70 be somebody u the world yoa
mnsf oegia by being yourself. Your
great erandfatner eapnos hsln. hseauss
be ID dead, and this Ia hive world that
wants live mea- when hear a man
taking too uausn about his ancestors.
say There il a man Who needs thsn,. >
! have known some men who we're very
proud of theiz ancestors. whose anocs-
tors would have been most dismsIls
ashamed Of them. We care more for
tue pedigree Of the horse ne buv. than
for that of the man who sails him. After
ali hard work Is the great secret Of snc-
CESS. IL acconplishes more than genius.
There are white crows, but they are no
more useful than black ones. Hard
sork doesn't kill men. Pun kills
men. The good times the boys have
lay them out- The hard workers have
no time for dissipation, 50 every man
doesn't 90 on forever 20 do IL. He
DOESN'T do II all while be does STAY here.
young man must do his best and
hardest work nov. Whsn you san GET
$50 3 line for your poetry, my bows.
then you can afford to write as poor
poetry as Mr.. Tennyson does. Wear
ing . Burnside hat aoesn't give a
man var record. Tventy-sigh inches
Of coat padded across sixteen inches Of
shoulders doesn't make you q avmnasf.
We do not value q turkey for its plumsee.
Don't 90 into debt. IL You can't set
along without more than you have. don't
sorrov-steal. Il would net worry you
bali Sc much, and II you steal enough,
you can 20 10 Canada and become q
shining light in society. docs il paw
700 ask. 70 be honest 2" No, nav son.
not II you're honest for paw, il doesn't.
Not IL you are honest merely because
you think it viii pay; not il yoa are
honest because you are afraid to be A
rogue; not if you're honest because Won
believe in that mean old saving that
T" honesty 10 the best policy Honesty
isn't policy it's a principle, and il ven
S-.-@ ~ Af-ANot Af1Af1AAo1 jour oOAt yates
a lie and despises q mean action, II You
can't be honest for the sake of the dear,
white Truth herself, don't try TO be hon
est be rascal, that's what you're iu-
tended for.
Get married. my son, Look me in
the eye; If you never de anything else
In the world, get married. Don't be
IN too big q hurry about il bat don't
be too deliberate. 1t Is your duty.
Dsn't think the girls all butterflies OF
fashion. IL you want to marry q laun-
dress, do your eourting in a laundry.
but II you want q wife marry the girl
you love. Be honest with the world.
Don't sail under false colors. Don't
repine over poverty, it is good for YOU.
We get most of eur presidents from
illinois tan yards and farms and Ohio
tow-paths. Don't envy any great
man, my boy. The great man, with
bis weight Of years and care, envies
you every time be passes yoa BY. And
II you cannot be leader. double-lead-
ID, column long, on the second page,
YOU can De something Just a. useful.
Yen can be a little paying four-iine
solid nonpareil lad" on the inside, down
under picture of Lydia Pinkham, and
shat will help the make up. and il fills
ts space in the paper. Be anything in
the world, my boy, that is alive and
nseful. Be anything but dead adj.