Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-01
Saint -Tafgls Beacon.
Erom The Mem York Herald.

from Me AtU <0Tk deTafd.
Real happiness consists of health.
self-respect, the good will of the COM
munily and q sufficient income to
crafty your reasonable wants. Evs
erythiDg else is trivial and not worth
botheripg about. The man who has
steady work, fair wages, cosey home.
enough to eat, O thick overcost. and
the consciousness Of personal integrity.
lie a nightly favored fellow. 10 posses
sion of more than tbree-quarters Of
the best things which this world af.
fords.
Now, you can have all this If you
make certain rules the basis of your
conduct.
First-Don't aim TOO high. but aim
straight. Emerson's 10 "hitch your
wagon to q star" 10 the merest bum
combe OF rhetoric. You will produce
larger practical results if you hitch
your wagon tos we'll fed mule.
Longfeliow's poem. Excelsior" 10
another Bit of exquisite trash. Of
course it il beautiful. "and all like
that you Know. but it lie not adopted
10 q rough and tumble fight with cir
cumstances.
The young man in that poem shout.
dsrs flag and starts for-well, for
nowhere, go far as we can discover.
He 10 one of the climbers-an explorer
of the celestial ALPS. When he gets
to the top Of hill he turns back and
screams out "Excelsiorl" What for
we cant say. This is free country,
however, and he can do as he pleases.
Up he trudges until he gets to the
snow.capped summit of the next as
cent. Unreasonable boy he seems to
be just as dissatisfied as ever. Evil
IDENTIFY he wants the earth. In spite
of a chronic bronchitis and in con.
slant danger Of pneumonia, he waves
his bunting. wells Excelsior once
more and strikes out for an altitude
where the mercury freezes in the
bulb.
He may be going yet. for aught We
know. He has undertaken q tough
Job, though, and his flag by this time
must be in tatters.
You want to get rid of good deal
of this "exeelsior" folderol. 1t is q
mighty poor investment Of talent.
Stay down below, and let the glaciers
and the mountain peaks take care of
themselves.
Second-Do your work well, no mat.
ter what it is. Study your business.
Make yourself master of it by putting
your head and heart into it. If it is
bookkeeping, then keep books in such
fashion that the Angel Gabriel will
want to lend you crown as token
of approval. If you are mechanic, or
artisan. or farmer, be proud of your.
self, and the rest of the world will
soon come to be proud of you. Moth.
ing is needed 90 much ia this genera
ton as a mans skilled fingers. You
may have a long pull, but the clock
will strike an unexpected hour and
opportunity-which comes to every
body in turp, but which most people
miss-&ill present itself. Study the
bulldog. and when you get your teeth
into big thing let them stay there.
Third-Save money. The coward
runs in debt, the brave man has FIVE
dollar surplus in his pocket. The
world may laugh at you because you
can't have a fourth. hand necktie.
All right, let it laugh. You are your
own world, and the people who sneer
are simply outside bsrbarians. When
they see that FIVE dollar bill growing
bigger they will all want to shake
hands with you and send you to Con.
gress. Keep well within your income
and you will save yourself from skulk-
ing round the corner like kicked dog
when the dun lie on your track. The
handiest thing on the planet is the
penny laid up for a rainy day.
Now, young sir, get rid of the nom
sense that you are genius. settle
down to the conclusion that you are
just an average North American boy
and then start in. Keep yourself
alert, look after your digestive ap-
paratus. don't smoke cigarettes, get to
bed early, be square toed in all your
dealings. and we will wager cookie
that at sixty you have to look back
ward for those who began the race
when you did.
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