Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-03

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teach. For real success in life both these
qualifications are necessary. The reader
may at first glance fail to see the difference
between them, but / expect to show that they
are as diverse as the poles. 1t is possible
that man may be possessed of any amount
Of 'grit" and at the same time be woiully
deficient in "grip." The first indicates q
firm determination to do something against
all opposition, and the other still stronger
purpose to hold on to acquired results.
Your life, young man, will never be q
marked success unless you have the neces.
sary grit to make it so.
Good Why to Begin.
Since this article is intended especially
for the thousands upon thousands of young
men who read The DISPATCH, will sup
pose that the school days are over, and that
life is to begin in earnest. The first thing for
a boy to do, if he has not already done it,
is to fall head over heels in love with his
mother. Someone has beautifully said, "Of
all the love affairs in the world none can
surpass the love of big boy for his mother.
1t is pure and noble, honorable in the
highest degree to both. 1 do not mean
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which makes a boy gallant and courteous
to his mother, saying to everybody plainly
that he is fairly in love with her. 1 never
saw boy turn out badly who began by fall
| ing in love with his mother. Any man may
| fall in love with fresh faced girl, but the
boy who is a lover OF his mother in her mid
die age is true knight who will love his
wife as much in the sear-leafed autumn as
he did in the daisied spring time.
Too many young men commence life with
the notion that the world owes them liv-
ing, and all they have to do is to collect the
bill. Thus native talents are allowed to
corrode for want OF exercise. A locomotive
ascending high grade sometimes requires
good deal OF sand to be thrown under the
wheels. Have you never seen the engine
wheels whirl around upon the track, max
ing no headway? A little white sand,
deftly thrown by the engineer, and the
mighty machine goes dashing on her way.
Life is an uphill journey, and in order to
reach the summit we must throw out con-
siderable sand under the driving wheels of
progress. Mind you it must be thrown
upon the track or it is altogether useless.
Yes, young man, your first and best friend
is always your mother. She will have con-
fidence in you when all others may doubt.
A church of England parson once de-
sired to secure the services of boy to do odd
jobs around the parsonage. Hearing of a
boy, he accosted the father, who drove what
is in England called a carriers cart. The
boy was satisfactory, but the parson de-
manded references With this object in
view he asked the father to whom he could
recommend him to inquire OF the boys char
acter, etc. This was considered essential.
"Well," said the innocent and somewhat
humorous old man, 81 think if you went to
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good character as anybody"
Don't Bother About Philosophers.
In connetcing your life from this stand |
point, young man, take the bow of good in
tentions, and pulling the string to its fullest |
tension shoot the arrow of desire up to the |
mark of your ideal, and then throw out the |
grit and commence to ascend. Never mind
the wise sayings of would-be philosophers,
because you Will find that some kinds OF So
called philosophy is mythical. Give me an
ounce of determination and tenacity, and |
can outweigh ton of idle philosophy.
Horace Greely said "fame is a vapor, popu- |
larity an accident and oblivion a dead GER
tainty," but Horace was not immaculate by !
long measure. The first step in the ascen- |
daut is self-reliance. Don't expect to be |
hoisted over every hillock by your friends. |
Never mind what your ancestors may have |
been. If your father was a scavenger, try to |
be statesman. If your father was as wise
Solomon, you will not be likely to inherit !
his wisdom unless you throw out the sand.
A very quaint Russian fable will illus
trate this point A peasant was driving
flock of geese to market. He was bea ting
them and hurrying them along the dusty
Tn fho frau
Said the geese to him: "Where Can you find
geese more unhappy than we. See how
this peasant is hurrying us along, just as if
we were only common geese. Ignorant fellow
that he is, he never thinks that he is bound
to respect us, for we are the distinguished
descendants of the very geese to whom Rome
owed its salvation, so that festival was in
augurated to honor them."
"But," replied the traveller, "for what do
you expect to be distinguished yourselves?"
Because of our ancestors"
"Yes, yes, have heard all about that, but
what want to know is what have you your
selves done?"
"Why our ancestors saved Rome"
"But what have you done?"
"We? Oh nothing"
Replied the traveller: "Of wat good are
you then? Do leave your ancestors at peace.
They were honored Tor their deeds; but you,
my friends, are only fit for roasting"
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What a Trip TO London Does.
Have the grit to build your own founda-
lion, and you will feel prouder of the super
structure when the building is finished. Be
,areful of your reputation at the outset.
Josh Billings said: "A reputashun once
broken may be repaired, but the world will
always keep their eyes on the spot ware the
Srak was"
"Don't write there" said father to his
ION.
"Why not?" said the boy. who was scrib-
bling on window pane, with GLACIERS
diamond.
because you can't rub it out, }" replied
he father.
Young man, you are writing your char
lcter. Have the grit to write it in such a
nnaner that you will be content to have it
upon the page OF time. If you q
would succeed in life have the grit to be Q
nan and not donkey. Don't be a dude, c
,ut do try to be gentleman. To my mind Q
here is nothing so contemplate as the a
American young man trying to ape the En- l
,lish fop. Oh, how many steamships sail '
rom New York having on board the ma :
erial to make men, who after they have l
pent few months at the west end of Lon '
lon, are by some mysterious process trans
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