Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-04-12

at first had the effect of decreasing its
circulation; but, before long, ii increased
again, until it greatly surpassed what it
had ever been before. | have ALWAYS
believed that it is possible to unite sue
cess in business with strict moral integ
rity. | am aware that many people
think that the ethics OF business, or OF
politics, are quite distinct, and that a
man may do things in the public en-
ployment which he will not think is
right to do in his domestic or private
life. do not agree with this view. and
if the record Of my life has any value, il
is in showing that at least il is not nee
essary to success in business that a man
should indulge in "sharp" practices.
But, even If it were necessary, still it
would not follow that it is worth while.
There are higher satiSfactions than the
mere getting of money, and riches can
not compensate man for the conscious
ness of having lived a dishonorable and
selfish life.
Speaking of selfshness leads one to
speak of generosity. | think the habit
of generosity may be cultivated like
other habits. And have felt that IT is
a great mistake TO put off being gener-
Gus until after you are dead. In the
first place, you lose the pleasure of wit
Messing the good that you may do. and.
again, no one can administer your gifts
for You as well as you can do il for
yourself. 1t is great pleasure to be
brought into personal relations Of that
kind, and to make people feel that you
are not phianthropiSt in the abstract,
but that yOu are interested in them per
sonally, and care for their welfare. In
that way you benefit them not merely
in 4 natural way, but you make them
feel that men are really brothers, and
that they were made to help one an
other. That feeling is not only agree
able in itself, but it will be apt 10 prompt
them TO carry out the principle them
selves. Put yourself into all you do and
let others feel that you are there. DO
not contribute TO charitable fund. but
go yourself and help. 1t may seem an
! Inconvenience at first, but soon you will
come to consider il worth any nconyen-
fence.
Perhaps ought to say word about
\ viz iAiPNAA'Ao lOAu- IiaA NuOu4u
choose for himself in life. You should
| try to make companions of the best
/ people you can become acquainted with.
In order to do this you must have some
thing in yourself that may be Il return
to them for what they give you. 1t is
not necessary for this purpose TO be a
genius or to have a remarkable intellect
or extraordinary erudition. But be
yourself and be man, and learn TO
think OF others before yourself and you
will have friends enough and of the
best. To be intimate with the magnan-
imous and the noble aids to form those
qualities in oneself. A man is known
by the company he keeps, and those
who know what friends you have will
be able to form very correct guess of
what you yourself are You should see
TO it that this estimate be as high as
your opportunities may secure.
But perhaps | cannot better sum up
my advice to young people than to say
that have derived, and still find, the
greatest pleasure in my life is il doing
good to others. Do good constantly,
patiently and wisely, and you will never
have cause to say that your life was not
worth living. GEORGE w. CHLDs.