The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-11

are on record.AHis hopefulness got tho
better OF his poverty every time IN
college, and he wrote TO his sister: III
the children OF Israel were pressed.
for gear, half as hard as | have been,
/ do not wonder that they were. willing
to worship the golden calf. 1t is a.
Hong; long timesiRee my Last ninepence
babe goodbye TO its bretbren;- and i
suspect that the last two parted on no
very friendly terms, for they have
never since met together. Poor
wretches! Never did two souls stand
in greater need of consolation"
IF he did not make fun OF poverty, IL
did not make fun OF him.
The incident reminds us OF young
Garfield. when he trudged otto Gcaugs
Seminary, with no clothes except the
poor ones on his back. and solitary
ninepencc in his pocket. cit is having
alonely time he said to his two COM
panions in a tone Of pleasantly. The
next Sabbath, when the contribution
box was passed, he dropped into it the
lonely ninepencc THAT ii might have
company, as he saitl.-
Notwithstanding Horace Mann spent
but six months in preparing for col
lege, and then entered year in ad-
VANCE, he at once rose TO the highest
rank and was graduated valedicterian
OF his class. His heroic. purpose and
intense application found it's reward in
early distinction as an educator and
statesman He succeeded John Quincy
Adams in Congress, where he served
six years with great ability Then
he was nominated for Governor OF
Massachusetts; and, at the same time,
was appointed president OF the Antioch
College. Prcferring literary to
political life, ands4being deeply inter
ested in the education OF young men
and women, he declined the former
and accepted the latter offer. His
career confirms the remark of Disraeli:
Mastery of subject is attainable
only through continuous application.
Often the duh, piodding pupil, faith
full in his place and doing the best he
can, in the long run leaves his brilliant,
talented companion far in the rear. In
the lapse of years, his persis tent ap-
plication, seconded by his invincible
purpose, makes for him place and
name. For the want of these elements
OF strength ten talents often fail in the
race of life.
We recall the brilliant -colfegiarf-whe-
might have stood at the head of his
class, but who, for want of application,
stood nearer to the foot. He went
forth into the world and adopted the
legal profession, in which he made ii
signal failure and, finally went down
-to@his@ vi hout leaving za-ripple-
on the surface of life.
The young architect, who spent his
evenings in hard study, was ridiculed
by his fellow-associates for his efforts
at self-improvement 1.-THE boss will
never give you any credit for it, Hthey
said; 1--WE won't bother our brains So"
But he still bent all his energies to
master his calling. and Iere his APP
premiership closed. he. won the prize
1.-Two Thousand dollars, for the best
plan for Statezhouse, offered@by@ i;
New England commonwealth. The
result eeafonnded his young associatel
architects. who. undervalued his appli-
cation,
1t is this spirit OF conservation to a
nobleN purpose that bids defiance to-
perils, hardships difficulties Of
every sort. 1t led Locke TO live on
bread and water in a Butch garrett;
Franklin to dine on a. small Loaf with
book in hand, while his companions i'll
the. printing office were absent whole
hong at dinner; Alexander Murray to
learn to write on an old wool-card,
with burnt heather stem for pen;
and Gideon Lee to go barefoot'in win
ter, half-clothed and half-fed 1t was
the. price they were willing to pay for
success.
"A smootHsea never made II skillful
navigator" as a smooth road never,
leads to success.
Says another: "The idle warrior, cut
from a single, who fights the air on
the top of a weather. cock, instead OF
being made to turn some machine com4
mensurate with his strength, is not
more worthless than the man who dis
sipates his labor on several objects,
when he ought to concentrate it on
some great end. William M. Thayer,
in Yankee blade. -.--s----.
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