The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-09

WORTH READING AND RE
MEMBERING.
GOOD WORDS TO YOUNG WORKERS.
Scientific American

AT the receut exercises Of the
graduating class OF Packard's Busi.
negs College, M, Roswell @. Horr
of Michigan, delivered and able ad-
dress. We make few extracts:
The human race as whole will
never be able 10 get an honest living
without some kind of labor. II is
better for us all that we must work
In order to live. | can conceive of
no planet that could be filled with q
more miserable set Of human beings
than to fiji one up with 10. Of do
nothings-with n mass of people who
have no aim in life, nothiog to do
worth living for. To night desire
to give few practical hints as to
the coming lives OF this graduating
class.
In the first place. never cease to
be teachable; always have the cour
age to say 81 do do not k0ow"--that
is, when you do not know. Never
assume to have knowledge thst you
do not possess. To attempt to ex-
plain anything that one does not
clearly understand always leads to
d tficulty; confusion is sure to follow.
Besides, In q world like ours, where
there is 80 much to learn, it is really
no evidence of unusual ignorance
once in while to say 81 do not
know" l doubt if in this large au~
dience there are over hslf dozen Of
Us who know everything.
Again, be modest in all your life
work When you are working for
firm, do not claim to own all the
property of the concern, or intimate
that you manage most of its affairs.
1t is not very desirable that you
should consider yourself indispensa>
BILE to the Work you are doing. 1t is
most fortunate, though, if can make
your employer feel that you are ex.
ceeoingly useful. Do not forget that
you will be confidential clerk for
those that Hire YOU. Toe secrets Of
physicians, the confidence imposed
el lawyers, the u,teranccs of the
confessional, shoull be ho more
sacred than are the doings and say
ings Of those for whom you labor.
Never betray those who trust YOU,
A word to you yoang men who
will deal ir numbers and keep &C
! counts for the business men who EN-.
ploy you. Your work is a diff cult
one and very important one. Tne
figures which you will use-the nine
dlgits-snd tue cipher are all natu-
rally honest. Their every day ap-
pea1ance suggests integrity and no
suspicion turks In their couutenan~
ces. SO strong is this peculiarity
shat out Of 1t has grown the proverb
that Figures never lie." They do
not Ell! That depends upon wheth
er they are honestly arranged. A dis
honest man behind them can make
figures lie worse than tombstones.
1t is wonderful how few real bles-
sings there are that any person who
lives by labor cannot enjoy just as
we'll as the men who roll in wealth
The millionaire cannot surpass yon
in his appetite for food; he cannot
coax any sweeter or more restful
sleep. The air Is just as pure and
bracing for you as 1t is for him. He
cannot love his children any better
than you can love yours; cannot be
any truer to bis friends.
Do not. beg OF you, join the
army of croakers and fault-finder5-
There can always be found in this
world plenty of things to find fault
With, SO there can always be found
an untold number of blessings.
Never stop to worry because some
people are better off than You are;
rather keep your hearts full of
thankfulness because your are sc
much better off than are .houands
Of other human beings.
What | would like to do here to
night is to warn every one OF these
young men and Young women as
they start out in life TO avoid as
much as possible all feelings Of dis
satisfaction and discomfort with their
lot. If | could but give you each
and all courage to meet the great
hattie of life, if | could only stir up
within you a determination always
to be faithful to evry trust and al
ways true TO yourselves, thea ny
task would be complete. | have Of
ten thought that the man who tles-
ses the world most Is one who or
ganizes some great Industry which
furnishes labor for large numbers of
his fellow creatures. Such a man, if
he is faithful to his business, kind to
those who is in his factory, or shop,
coEslderate to the needs of all his
employees, is blessing to the world.
| He carries Comfort to so many Lu
man beings on every pay day. 1t
matters not to me If his dividends
enable him to carry comfort TO his
own family also. Alongside Of such