Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-10-23
Laws Tor IL Successful Life,

just q word to YOU, young friend =
We all envy successful people, but
till it is too late We do learn that there
are laws which control IL successful life
laws which we all have to obey if we
would prevent disastrous failure.
Let US consider few of those com.
mands to which God and nature haye
attached the promise OF crown.
First of all, be reso!ute. Where there
is a Will, there is a way. Determination
makes men giants for good or monsters
for evil. Make up your mind what to
do, and be sure it is worth doing, and
then do it. Do not be dismayed az
obstacles. They are stumbling stones
to the weak and the vucilating, bat
stepping stones to the courageous and
resolute.
Be persevering. Choosing lawful.
1aulable object in life, stick to it.
Be industrious. You can never drift
into success, but YOU can climb to lofty
height.
Be thorough. What is worth dong
is worth doing well. The peril Of all is
learning to do too easily what we
attempt. We get careless-supsr fetal.
We make show Of progress without
any real acquisition--it is thin gold
plating over common metal =; we are
tempted to say, over a good deal Of
brass.
Be systematic. This is the only way
to be thorough. Life must be laid out
on definite plan. Method is like ii
mechanical appliance it makes up for
lack Of power by teaching lis to use
what power we have. Defects Of mag
nation, Of memory and even Of reason
able power, may be supplied by syste-
matte habits. A certain French min.
lister of great business abilities has been
contrasted with q shiftlcss English
statesman thus: One never puts oil till
the morrow what he could do to day;
the one never dIl to-day what he could
put OIL till to morrow.
Be- economical. Economy means
wise administration, avoiding waste and
using well what we have. Economy Of
money is at the bottom Of personal
peace and household plenty. Very few
there are who, if they choose, could not
be rich by and by. The five cents a
day spent for cigars would, in course Of
2 lifetime, if it were saved, come, by
compound interest, to snug little for
tune and bless old age with competency.
! heard a sagacious employer say Of a
gifted salesman | would make that /
man a partner, but he spends all lis !
earnings on dress. Economy may be
applied to anything which Is ours in I
trust for good uses We should be /
saving Of tme-one Of the most yalua-
ble Of all Gods gifts. AS money is
wasted in pennies, so time is wasted in
minutes.
BE self. sacrificing. Do not hesitate
TO pay the price Of success eycn If ii
costs much selfdenial. There is no
prize without It's price. Paissy, the
potter. was so enthusiastic in his study
to perfect his porcelain, that he forgot
food and drink and sleep. lie spent
all his money and then burned his gar
den paIings, household tables and fur
nituro to keopup the furnace fires which
We're to melt the enamel. lie Was so
absorbed in his work that like Poussa,
the Chinese potter, he would have
thrown himself in the furnace rather
than fan in his lite work. In all lifc'a
noblest achievements it is still true that
We sage life only by losing it. The
highest virtue is self sacrifice, and the
grNndest results are reached only ut the
cost Of sell-lenial bat when The crown
shines on the brow, the way to the
cross viii be forgotten. A true success
will compensate for ali the trial.. thro'
which it has been attained.