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

cred right away. This request the mer-
chant could not at once comply with. Said
the Chief Justice: "W here do you reside?"
1t so happened that it was on u street the
Justice would pass through, so he very po-
litely told the merchant he would leave it
for him. Taking up his own purchase and
the young mans the Justice quietly walked
away. Said the young snip; "Beg pardon,
who is that old codger?"
"Oh," replied the man. "that is Chief
Justice Marshall, of the United States
Court"
1 tell you, young man, when you get above
your work, and are ashamed to be known
for what you really are, you would be about
as much value to iertilize the earth as to en-
cumber it with your presence. Always
maintain the dignity of your manhood, but
beware of false pride. Show your grit in
always speaking the truth. You are not al
ways to tell all the truth, for there are times
when silence is golden. A reputation for
speaking your mind is not always an envi-
able one. Never allow another person to
suffer because of any fault of yours. 1t is
base and cowardly. Have the grit to be
strictly honest. A clean conscience is bet
ter than a reputation for liberality, when
that reputation is purchased at the cost
of honor and honesty. Have the grit to
say "no." Yo1 will never succeed in
life in the best sense if you are not able to
say mo-" and say it emphatically. Thou
sands of young men are occupying felon's
cells to-day because of their lack of moral
courage in this respect Thousands of men
have left this world with hempen cord
around their necks because they did not
have the grit to say NO" Grit is re-
quired in every avenue of life. You need
it in the valley Of first endeavor and on the
mountain top of achieved success. You
need 1T amid the waves of opposition and
adown the gentle stream of victory.
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Keep What You Have Won.
But, as intimated in the beginning, there
is another element just as necessary, ii not
more so, in gaining permanent success
Grit is all very well in its way. but grip is
just as needful. Courage is one thing, dis
cretion is another. Poor old Jumbo thought
he was doing big thing when he collided
with the locomotive. It is one thing to
have the grit to commence an enterprise, it
is another to carry it out to full fruition.
Whatever you do, be thorough. Horace
Greedy failed three times before he finally
succeeded in life. He was a man OF grit,
but grip did not come at once. Grit is a
good dog, but grip is better. What you
have acquired keep. Do not be mean. In
grasping Tor and holding on to results ac-
quired do not evolve into a miser. Mean
men do not enter the kingdom of heaven.
have as much respect for thief as a mean,
penurious man. There is a stream that
runs between profigacy and penury. Find
it, and stick to it.
If you are learning to be carpenter be q
pOOd IN ho rhop ~ io
norauce, or rather ashamed to learn. A 12-
year-old boy taught me how to drive a nail
in piece of wood without splitting it and
swearing every few minutes The latter, of
course, IT L had not been parson. Read,
Young man, but try to remember something
of what you read, or you might as well
spend your evenings cracking walnuts.
Hold fast that which is good, but if you
nave formed bad habits let them slide.
1mpetuosity is sometimes a good thing |
put tenacity Is always better. 1t is the |
iuty OF every young man to try to improve |
lis condition, but it is no use cramming the |
,rain with knowledge that has no utility.
believe in evolution to a certain extent
specially In the mental realm. The ranks
It great men would soon be depleted if it
we're not Tor the fact that the demand is so
'ften supplied from the common herd. Men
re like horses and potatoes. They need a
hange OF soil and cline to retain all their
.ood qualities. A man of brain is not
lways the progenitor of brainy children,
ut no brain can be SO dull, unless it is per-
ectly imbecile, that cannot be cultivated to
ONE extent If all the young men who
tand at the street corners cracking their
eels, with their hands in their pockets, e1-
decorating the mucus membrane of their
1ngs upon the sidewalks would but take
dvantage OF their environment what q
rand and noble nation this would be.
THE COUNTRY PARSoE.