The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-06-23
HONESTY, INDUSTRY AND C0UR-



n sketch for Boys and Mothers.
Prom the Youths Companion. March let
In this free country Of ours there Is no
royal road 70 prosperity. The road Is open
10 All; 10 The poor boy In the country AZ well
as 10 the son Of wealthy parents possessing
all the so-ealled advantages which the city
affords. and Il often happens that the former
outstrips the latter In the race. The key 10
success lies in three things: Honesty. In
dustry and Courage Honesty in AL things
~ the very essence OF the right, and CON-
mands the respect aud confidence OF all. In
uustry - the constant use OF the faculties
which God has given 10 every one; and
courage Is what makes men sclf-rclinnt and
bold 70 act upon their own Judgment,
promptly and 10 good purpose.
IN little farming town m Vermont lived
iad OF fifteen years with his parents Word
came from an older brother that place had
been offered HIM in the drug store OF Samuel
hidder In Lowell. Mass. Mr. Kidder was
the soul or integrity and honor thorough
inan OF business, who carried his Christianity
into bis dealings with customers. liz was
with heavy hearts that the father and mother
consented 10 let their hoy go, but they knew
y was for his good, and they prayed that the
lessons which they had sought TO teach him,
and the thought OF his home, would be
ever present guards 10 defend him against
the temptations OF the great world. And
50, with parting injunction TO have Hon
esty, Industry and Courage for his rules OF
life, they brayely spoke the parting words.
ana sent him with their love and their bles-
sing 70 his new home.
II Is needless TO tell all that happened 10
the boy. Homesickness came 10 him, and
often when az his work the tears would come
when he thought Of mis- home and OF his
mother But with them came her injunc-
ton 70 be brave, and so the little fellow kept
Htu n Il x.aH 81,
Industry and Courage, confident that with
these--for had not his father told him soy--
he coald not fail 10 win.
And lac did.
Go 10 Lowell to-day. and they will show
you a brick building 250 feet long and four
stories high, devoted 10 an industry which
tins boy, single and alone. has created. They
will show YOU that IL Is filled with men and
women who have pleasant, honorable, and
profitable employment because this boy was
Honest, Industrious and Brave. They will
sbo'y you huge tanks In which remedy OF
worldwide lame Is prepared, to be put into
millions OF bottles aud sent all over the
country. And they will tell you this boys
friends and ncighbors. that IL il because he
has been Honest In dealing with the public,
never incorporating or misleading them
by his advertisements; that what he offers is
readily sold, and what his advertisements
say is believed; that il is because he has
been industrious, and has wasted neither
time, money nor opportunity that his means
have steadily increased; and that IL IA be-
cause he has had the Courage 10 believe IN
the merits of his remedy, and in the will
ingncss Of the public 10 buy thing really
good, that his business has attained It's pres
ent proportions. Here il a lesson for boys
yes, and for mothers; for there ls not q
mother IN the land TODAY before whose son
the opportunity does not lie t. be as success
ful and prosperous, aud 10 do rs much good
10 his fellowmen rs Chas. /. Hood, Of Lo-
well. man whose name ~ household word
wherever SarsapariIa y used, but Of whom
the world has known but little.
Honesty Industry, Courage"
This has been his motto ever since he left
his home In Vermont and IL il his rule OF
life to-day. His Honesty no man ever qucs-
toned; bis Industry IL proved by the fact
mat he In The hardest-worked man In his es-
Enlistment; aud As for his Courage, no one
will question that who knows the absolute
GOODNESS with which lac expends hundreds
because he knows that Hoods Sarsparilla
will do all that he claims for IL. and that
the public only needs TO be told fits virtues
70 lead them 10 buy II.
Moro about this man and the extensive
business he has built up may be learned
from a very elegant book, entitled "iIood's
Sarsaparilia Laboratory Illustrated" Just
published. IL is printed on the finest plate
paper, contains il fulipage wood engravings,
has handsome cover printed in blue and
gold, and Will De sent on receipt OF two
cent stamp by Z. j. Hood a. Co, Lowell,
Mass.
Thurman's tobacco Indulgence Is about ten