Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-12-18


that he has to put higher price o.
them than his less conscientious neigh
Dor cnn sell for, may at first be repaid By
smaller sales and smaller profits. i
takes long time to build up q reputa
ton for excellence, but, once acquired
il 10 like the pearl of great price. 1t il
much the same with the workman a.
with the manufacturer. II every stroke
he strikes is solid work conscientiously
performed he will acquire reputation
limited, il may be-that is sure to pay
Ia the end. We would not conceal OF
deny the fact that some men labor under
peculiar disadvantages. All men are NOT
born equal, either mentally or physical
". One is naturally skillful in one direc-
ton; another is expert in other things.
One man may do his level best, and yet
he will not turn out as good a piece OF
work as his more skiOful brother who
only half tries. Let HIM not be discour-
aged because he is handicapped in the
race and may not reach the top of the
ladder There is room for honest work
man everywhere; even respectable medl-
ocrity pays better than brilliancy
coupled with trickery. The native
American is distinguished by his inge-
nuity, and with half chance he makes
hiS mark everywhere. Yet he sometimes
loses the race in competition with less
abs men from other lands because their
careful training and early drill in their
professions, and their long and severe
apprenticeship, have more than compen-
stated for the want of natural tact and
ingenuity.
Perseverance will not conquer all
things, but it goes long way toward
success. Willie luck seems to favor few,
most men have to carve out their own
success by hard labor, in which a full
determination 10 do everything to the
very best of ones ability counts for
moro than is generally supposed. Above
all things, don't waste time in regretting
that another trade was not chosen. If it
be an honest one stick to it. You will
hear painters decrying their trade, de-
clariDg it to be all ''cut up and gener-
ally worthless. But mark il, such men
will usually be found, if not actually in
competent, at least with very little inter-
est in their trade, or in any kind of work,
for that matter, and who spend their
spare time in questionable divertise-
ments, Instead of improving their minds
by suitable reading and their knowledge
of the intricacies of their trade by intel
igent experimenting and practice.
There is in fact, very little difference
trades, 80 far as their emolumerts are
concerned, but there is great difference
among trsdesmen. House painting is
equally as good as any other mechanical
pursuit, and the competent and reliable
workman manages always to secure a
comfortable livelihood from it.
One of the gravest and commonest
mistakes OF the young man is the idea
that what he is engaged in is not worth
doing well. That idea we'll stuck to will
beat any m&n, young or old. No one
gains night for higher work except by
the way of present duty we'll done. We
have known boys, every way qualified
~ become good mechanics, 60 through |
an apprenticeship, and scarcely know
more at the end than at the beginning,
simply because they were always going
to do some other job we'll. The present
is the one every time. Demonstrate
your ability to do something we'll, and
the opportunity to advance Will not be
wanting. No man ever rose 70 respect
able distinction in any other way. Go
10 trade aid 60 at it with determina-
lion that defee failure, and you will sue
oeed. Don't leave it because hard blows
are to be struck or disagreesble work is
TO BIZ performed Those who have work
I'd their way up to usefulness and wealth
do not belong to the shiftless or unsta-
BILE class. Work with q will and study
@ do your work well, and you cannot
'ail of success. Let Perseverance, and
industry" be your motto, and with q
steady application to business the future
viii be secure. Don't be ashamed of
aint-beepattered overalls, provided you
nave earned them. Labor is honorable,
md the mechanics working clothes are
ar more beautiful in the eyes af all hon
st men and women than the costlier
yewgaws of fashionable men. The PEG
pie who respect you only when you are
veil clsd will be the first to run from
'ou In the hour of adversely. Honor
'our calling by doing good work, and
'our calling will honor you.
The Mother Element In the Teacher.
BOSTON Herald.
The strength of the school consists in
Ieeping the school in its tone and
as far as possible within the
each of the we'll ordered family. The
mother element in the teacher is of the
Utmost value in the primary school The
ormer head master OF Boston grammar
chool was known for his persistence in
as far Is he could, for the
eachers in his school, which was devoted
o the education Of girls, the services of
eachers who had been mothers. He .
rsnted the temper Of mind and heart ]
hat mothers have toward children in q
heir moral anil personal treatment
{ the girls placed under his charge.
1t was true insight that dictated this .
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