The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-17
DEVELOPMENT or CHARACTER


American boy which urges him To-
make success in his life. Some boys
have vague idea that % Get rich
means having luck" III yon IRE
lucky you will get rich. otherwise yon
will remain poor i the conclusion
OF some boys.
This seems very singular when You
sec how clearly every boy recognizes
that il he is to take any position IN
school he must work for IL. lie does
not expect 10 learn his lessons through
good luck" but work. lie does not
expect to win the regard Of his
schoolmates through "good luck. but
by hcing truthful. constant. honest.
manly: these are the qualities that
tell for success in school. and the
world i great big school.
Il We sometimes make the mistake OF
thinking that We come 10 certain
places or points in life where we can
break OF Old habits and begin entirely
new. That Is great mistake. Watch
your younger brother and sister. Can
any one tell just when they ceased he
ing babies. stopped playing with baby
toys? The change was 50 gradual that
no one saw it: they passed into the boy
and girl period without those who
loved them best finding ii out Yet
they showed certain traits even then
which were Indications Of the kind 81
boys and girls they would make. So
The boy or girl in a ,houSand ways tells
the kind Of man or woman that viii
develop There is no ''iuck' in It, II
is MS gradual and rs sure a. the
growth Of the oal- from the acorn
No one expects TO see lily-oi-
the valley grow from the acorn or a
thistle, or stalk 81 corn. Every one
knows that the acorn will produce the
oak. When we see a bunch Of thistle
down floating OF lightly in the mir We
know that v hen II alights and the seeds
settle in the ground a thistle Will de-
veiop. not an apple tree
No one expects quiet. earnest. bus
ipess-likc man 10 develop from a boy
noted for his csrclessness. hi noise
! ana forcctfulness. No one expects "a
see Il rough. lazy. Indifferent. unambi-
tious man develop from boy who /.
: gentle. thoughtful for others. indus
J ,rious. ambitious 10 make the most O
himself. The boy il the bud. the man
Is the flower: it Is always the same
stalk. either an oak or thistle.
(. If a boy starts out 10 have = good
! timc-that Is. gives as little time o.
!. possible to work. makes just a. man,
engagements to fill evenings social,
!. n. he can make. Is indifferent or nearly
Indifferent 10 the kind 81 friends ~
makes 20 that tune is filed land thc'
! trusts 10 luck" 10 have his salar'
raised and grow into more mporion
4 position in the field Of labor he ha
Z chosen. the probabilities are that IL
!. will fiji in old agc the position he files
!. when be first entered manhood. ~
!, may call this his luck" but the worl'
!. knows il is the result 81 the life chosen
Good luck is but another name 70
good working powers devoted 70 goo
ends. Work joined 10 good judgment
\. good thinking powers. makes man
N respected. successful man. \ man ma
Ur IltN. UNk III Il1hfb- tfNt '" >f't'+' -
a may have sacrificed the respect
= himself ana the world. Wealth alon
e j. never success. Nor Is poverty .
u assurance 81 honesty: il may be th
ID natural result Of laziness. bad juds
!, ment, and lack Of knowledge Or cont
u We begin 10 build as babies. Tho ms
I" Yncnt the first stone is laid in the foui
dalton ~ house. you speak OF X
part or The house. You do not wa
:. until II is partly built. but AZ once re-
y ocnizc IL as the beginning OF what vi
j. by and by lie d whole. SO the boy-b
i, by III the cradle l. the promise OF u
:, man, and every day helps build y
man. A rich man who had begun Il
as poor boy was asked about y
w chances OF success for young ma
and answcred:
- II will tell you from my own Q
'ase pcricnce how any young man IN ID
~ country. with nothing but his ham
- and good health. may get lGo-ac
~ farm. or almost any thing else
Y. chooses. lie has only 70 20 To wor
y. say nj sixteen or eighteen years
~ age. as d farm hand, Or in any 9th
way. begin TO save from the first. II
~, d strictly temperate. honest and trut
u ful life, and keep entirely clear q p
!, company. Instead Of loaing. hc M
T. spend his leisure in reading good BOO
~ and getting all the information ne 8
a.. Get about his country's history. a
~. young man who starts out ~ that ~
N, md keeps In II u sure 20 succeed.
w will soon be known IL the place who
~ he lives. and his good character v
M. bc the best kind Of capital for him
4. begin on. Every body will resp
"a. him, and .hc first thing y
"a know he falls in love with some g
~ girl who Is worthy Of him.. and OF VIZ