Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-13
HINTS FOR BOYS.
REMEMBER YOU HAVE BUT ONE
CHANCE IN LIFE.
Make the Most OF Your Opportunity-rhs
Need Of Self NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ous
Evil Habits with Those of the Opposite
Kipd-Seif Control

Need Of Self Neutrality-suspicious. Out
Evil Habits with Those of the Opposite
Kind-Seif Control.
What boys need is q few htats In the art Of
living. Mistakes made early n life go on
with US, either TO be fought with through
valuable years or else to wreck our chances
You want, or need 10 want, first OF all to
see clearly that you havo but one chance in
life TO make tho most of yourseh-only oncs
that you can so over the ground; and you
must be sure and positive as 10 what you are
doing. The< it viii never hurt any boy 10
stop and see how very few do have a fair
sort of life; and then consider why 50 largo
| proportion of human beings have . petty,
I low, or even brutal plano to live on.
The next thing that l am quite sure
young chap needs Is In g9t good glimpse Of
himself. This Is not the hardest task IN tho
world, although some mako the accomplish
ment very difficult A good deal Of self
knowledge can be obtained by a quiet con-
siderstion AID moderate estimate of what va
like TO do, to be. and with whom we like 10
associate. And one who really wishes can
find out his special dangers, and his special
advantages and powers. He cnn know if hs
is liable to hasty outbreaks of temper, or to
sensuality; or is naturally revengeful, or
tickle, or envious. Can any one tell us why
person shall not 60 to work upon himself
as he would al iiything else; TO change and
modify, and eradicate the evil and Increase
the goodf There il no property more directly
our own than ourselves, and IL Is every hour
reshaped by our wills. But the hes. plan
does not seem 10 he to try TO kill out evil ii
our dispositions, but TO give cultivation to
the good The evil will get smothered out.
Farmers have way Of going through
their corn once win hoe to cut OF weeds.
But when the corn is well up and strong they
only go through TO stir tho soil and hill up
the stalks. They Eay the corn itself viii Kill
the weeds. 1t depends which gets tho
best start. III you give your weeds the best
chance they viii como ont ahead IN the char
acter. But II you give good willing the bet
ter start very shortly it viii overshadow evil,
and you Will have little trouble / havs
known people, young and old, work on tho
other plan, spending great deal OF time ia
reTnorse and repentance. All which IS non
sense and time wasted. They only grow
weaker willed and punier in character. No
one gets hard job done By resretting that
he has done something else. So take my al
vice in this matter and simply 60 70 work
and keep 70 work, cultivAting fine things r.
evil habits are formed, drI.t fight them, hut
smother them with the opposite To tell you
the truth, what set rua 20 writing this article
was very dolefil letter from a reader, who
is miserably eating up his tIne ard his forco
on re'norse- Plan ser1eih .ng noble. ny boyl
Get at something usefui. -aai always DO che-r-
full about II Tho Creek hsd "a name for
honorable men, thai - men q the RI mt sort,
TREY called them upward laoi,ers." Trio
finest thing one can TO ~ % be- IN upward
locker
Unless one has self control, or control of
self, Of course some one else has control of
him II IL quite q str,dy. and "a study yell
worth tho while, 20 lnd ont who rally IL in
control OF us II Is not impossible that, when
you think It well over, you viii that IL Is
q very contemplate bout who IA ruling yen.
Il boy said 70 me Eet long asro: II Eavo made
up my mind that II 1 cannot rule uIyseH
shall never amount TO anything To to
SURE, had, you win not aaDou1lt u anything
unless the one who rr,l-< you is very noble
persoa, n1sd If he Ia that. he viii only aim 70
teach you 70 control your,sf. Thers "a
something very grand ahau: a well mar
aged body and mind There IN no other
such property IN tie world
/ think very fcv boys ever have Any kea
how much thcy are good fer. Tbs r-rI,, 10
they aim for eansthing quite too csczp and
mail What q world this would ~ II eli ,hs
rufnionsb nrn into tbs ~u-Id each yc.r shsszlId
do tnsir best Tho wor<x q all teisas In a lad
or fnstSniAnAnt notioa Of ii.r a cherpnot.oa-
II yoo get good icssi os lie % atrs a. you
have at l-sss rlgi: parpo1 Dos tia
efsIud tcy, rr,-I-tI lsxrrxscni.r3 II IL de~x
soma preaching - txf what We al i-asd-
Lixea Jrsseiscr. nov make snnsfsv rctn.,