Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-04-18
SOME UNSOLICITED ADVICE.
BY KATE THORN.
New York Weekly.

ANSN AOAN f'NStAAs
Advice is not generally acceptable, and
il is no doubt a fact that if we would pro-
Ct by the experience of others, there are
a great many disagreabie things which we
might avoid.
To the Young men of the day we are
looking for our future poets, and authors.
and divines, ard statesmen. They are 10
be rulers Of our country-they are to con-
struct and enforce its laws, and they are to
guide this Republic through darker days.
perhaps, that it has yet seen; and IL IS OF
the utmost importance that these young
men shall be clean, and honest, and truth
full. and that when their record IS closing
in this world they shall be able to look
back, without shame, upon every moment
of their lives.
A Young man should aim always to start
right.
So much depends upon early influence,
and on the impressions one receives WhIie
youth is yet upon him. Impressions then
made endure through life, and their IN
fuence for good or evil goes into eternity
If those who have the care OF children
and of young people, only bore this fact
constantly in mind. If they only knew
how the force of example influences those
around them! If they only realized how
they are studied, and weighed, and Judged
by the children they care for, they would
surely be careful TO make their everyday
conduct beyond reproach.
Let no Young man start ont In life with
an appetite for alcoholic drinks. That,
Young man. is one thing you want to set
your foot on, and keep 1t there, TOO! IL
will pay you TO doit.
And you can do it, if you will! Never
be ashamed to say no, and say it in big
letters. when a companion invites you to
take social glass He may laugh at you,
probably he Will, but IN his inmost soul he
will respect your integrity. You must
learn not to care for ridicule. Surely no
right-minded young man will be weak
enough to heed the sneering laugh of one
who, by and by, probably, will fill drunk
ard Is grave. and over whose deaths the
world will remark. 1T is just is well he
should die, for he was Of no use to himself
or TO anybody else.
DO not swear. There is nothing what
ever to recommend profanity. 1t IS not
good English and it does not make any
assertion more emphatic. And 1T Is Il
waste Of vocal power. Don't do Il. There
il nothing whatever to be gained by it.
DO not use tobacco. 1t il troublesome
and expensive habit, and You can get along
a great deal better without it. And if you
never contract the habit, you will not be
under the necessity of swearing off from it
every New Yem 3 Day, and beginning
again about the middle of January And
1t always does make q man feel rather
mean to look back and remember kis brOk-
en- resolutions. Now, doesn't it?
BE honest. DO It's you say you will. If
you make an engagement, keep it. Let
nothing but death, or sickness, excuse
you from II.
DO not foo" with temptation Of any
kind You may think you can withstand
il, but you can never be sure. Keep out Of
the way Of it,
Respect yourself BE ashamed to do
wrong even if you know that nobody will
ever discover it You will he conscious Of
it yourself, and it will be thorn in the
aesh which no subsequent good conduct can
entirely remove.
Deserve success, even if failure results
The man who has tried faithfully has not
failed even if hc never rcaps the result OF
his iabors
He who does chccrfuly and conscicn-
tiolaly Whatever he finds To do. is worthy
Of the reward, and sooner or later it shall
IT, lis
For this Is not all Of life. but only tn,
uncertain beginning, and in broader
field, and with some enlightened capaci
ties honest labor will eventually bring its
rccompcnsc.