The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-07-18

railway engineer was striving against
fearful odds to introduce railroads in
England, he was on one occasion be
fore Il council OF farmers aud land
owners, WHO were heckling him aud
his railroad projects for all they were
worth. One of the gentlemen. who
apparently thought to settle tie
question ''to be Or not to be Ui
railroads for good, asked Mr.. Steven
son what would he the result if, When
the train was moving along at high
rate of speed, cow should suddenly
get in the way on the track "Wcli, ~
said the famous man, sit would be
bad for the COW. Go ahead, men
are not to be stopped by cobwebs on
COWS either, and to-day we have 10
thank MIR. Stevenson for this squelrh-
ing little bit OF sarcasm
Let your aim in life he high and
prepare yourselves TO fill the niche
you aim for, let truth and integrity
accompany you III all your UNDER
takiDgs, cultivate that amiahility Vt
character that will commend YOU 10
your fellow-men and YOU Will re8rh
as high as your aim has been Yon
may not always set what you long
for, but almost invariably viii YOU
get what you patiently, intelli2cnly
and persstently work for
A story is told OF two men who had
organized frog race. One man pro-
cured the tinest-looking muscular
frog he could find, while the Other
procured a very ordjuary-lookiug
creature selected purposely, but he
also procured confederate who
stealthlly succeeded in cramming the
muscular frog with shot lead prevl-
Gus TO the race. The man who own
ed the handsome frog readily bet
large money on him, and the man
with the skinny, dminutive frog
willingly took the bet. When the race
came off, at the signal each man Iih-
Grated his frog, the iI-favored frog
sprang away like an evil spirit, while
the line strong frog could scarcely
raise himself from the ground. He
had no more elasticity than lump
of putty The race and the money
were lost for his owner though no
fault of bis poor frog, he was loaded
with shot lead and could not leap
The application | wish to make of the
story is this: There are many pro-
missing young men of great natural
talent who would-everything else
being equal-outstrip their fellows
in competition for preferment, but
the enemy of man sometimes steals
in and loads them with bad habits that
hinder their progress so completely
that they are easily left behind by
the dullest of their competitors who
are not so handicapped. Youhg
men, beware of this enemy who seeks
to load down the most brilliant Of
the human race. Get wisdom, and
with all thy getting get understand.
ing" If you ask me what comes
within the classification of bad hab-
its l will answer by saying every and
any habit that will hinder or prevent
you from rising to a higher plane
socially, intellectually or spirl'u-
ally.
The present is pre-eminently an
age of progress and much has been
achieved by the present generation,
but all the mighty englnery that has
brought the world to its present
standard is tomorrow to fall into The
hands of the young men Of To-day.
Are you prepared to deal with il?
Are you preparing not only to hold
everything up to its present highly
advanced standard, bat also TO adj
vance the standard still higher? If
so, then you are in the line OF duty,
persevere and you will succeed,
Too much bame is sometimes
thrown upon the china G of Honolulu
when an excuse is sought for non
progressiveness. My yoorg friends,
let me say that for over a quarter Of
century | have worked harder,
thought harder, and many IT, c- tret,
ted harder in this country tiaa ever
did in any colder climate, anu dur
ing all these years | have enjoyed
the best OF health Men in this eli.
mate do not wear out 50 much as
they rust out.
One word more. Whatsoever
thy hand tindeth to do, do it with
thy might" When you start in with
a course of studies do not let tribe,
keep you away from your classes
single night, and learn to be on time
in everything. Punctuahly IS a
study much needed in Honolulu by
more than young men, and you can
not well devote too much attention
to it.