The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-12-20

AEfEA ANlS4GSAiAfE Nk&ese liz HO1AA ASNa II
again As an illustration OF the ways Of
cases OF cattle slain for the markets
Alter the meat has been sold TO the
butcher, the hide is taken 10 the tannery
and there by q long process It be-
comes leather. When this is cut up
and made into shoes, the small pieces
are not thrown away, bat are ground and
made into cheap leather, Just as they
make paper from rags. The horns are
used for knife handles, combs, and other
purposes. The hair is an important ele-
ment in plaster for making walls and
ceilings. From the hoofs glue is eX-
tracted, and even the bones are ground
up for their phosphates and are used as
fertilizers on the farms. There is no
waste.
1t IS Gods way; there is nothing
wasted in nature. The rain falls upon
the continents; it soaks into the ground
and reappears as springs or forms the
little brooks which unite and make the
larger streams and then the great rivers,
which empty into the ocean. There the
suns heat draws up the water IN vapor
and it is blown in upon the land and falls
again as rain; and SO on IN an uneeasing
round. There is no loss. We see all
about US decay OF vegetable and animal
life, but the decomposition is simply
preparatory to a readIustment In new
life. We must obey Gods great law Of
economy, and We must be economical OF
our physical strength aud our mental
power,
Agsin, every young man should have
PRICE In his profession, and resolve TO
stand high in it.
Ii were in bank would study banks
and banking; | would study political
economy; would read Adam Smith,
Bastiat, Perry, Amasa Walker, Sumner,
| Mill, Fawcett, Jeyons. Iwould become,
| in small way, perhaps, an authority In
the theory and an adept in the practice.
Thus | would be OF advantage to my en-
ployer and this would tend to my own
advantage.
If [ were in a shoe store, [ would be-
come familiar with the manufacture OF
shoes and OF leather, and with all the
| phases of the business. | would aim TO
| be good Judge of the quality of leather.
| Icould buy closer and sell better, for my
judgment would be less likely to err.
Ii | were carpenter, l would not be
| content to be mere builder, but would
study other things than what the master
| mechanic taught me. l would study the
principles of architecture acquire bet
ter taste for planning and building
houses adapted to this climate. | would
study ventilation; calculate Just how
many and how large openings are ne
| cessary for the admission or fresh air and
| for the egress of bad air, IN proportion to
the size or the room or hall and IN pro-
| portion to the number OF people for
| which it is designed. If hall has good
acoustic properties, it is usually the re-
| suit of chance. Again, the matter OF
| drainage should be understood by the
| carpenter, although it might properly
come under the head OF another business.
| And so with all the trades and profess
| sions If we become familiar with the de-
| tails and competent and thorough, we
| shall stand higher and be OF more use in
| the world.
But someone nay say. This sounds
well enough, but when will you find the
time TO study if you have ended your
school days and are in bank or shoe
store or are working at carpentering or
| any other business
Well, we must find the time precisely
where others have found it in the past
and are finding il now. Elihu Burritt
| found it by the side OF his forge; Roger
| Sherman found it while making shoes
Abraham Lincoln found it while splitting
rails; SO here thousands of self-made
men found the time while attending TO
| their regular work. What others have
| done, YOU can do. We often wonder
how great men engaged in business or
| political life, find time to write and ac-
| complish so much. Gladstone, perhaps
| the greatest statesman of the present
/ day, has been prolific writer. The
/ Earl of Derby wrote translation of the
| Had. Lord Beaconsfield found time
/ amid the cares OF State to write a host OF
novels. The secret is, they use the odd
moments that most men waste.
! There IS q story told OF window in an
English cathedra! that illustrates this.
/ The architect was TO furnish a number OF
stained glass windows st given time.
| He bought up all the available material
| and had nearly finished the windows,
when, as the time drew near, il was
| found that there must be one more. The
/ architect was IN despair, till an appren-
tice stepped forward and offered to meet
/ the want. He had marked that the
workmen flung away many bit of glass
| as though it were useless. These he had
carefully gathered and with them had
fashioned & window, which was now
brought forth and fitted to the vacant
space; and when the cathedral was
| completed it was pronounced the finest
of them all. What others have done,
you also can do.
And finally let me say to each student
here, above all things, in all places and
at all times, be d gentleman This does
not mean that you should wear fine
clothes nor have an external polish OF
manners. A man may have all this and
yet fail of being a gentleman. That
model OF English manhood, Sir Philip
Sidney, has left as the true definition:
It Is to have ''high thoughts seated in a
heart of courtesy" Ii young man has
high thoughts, ii he is courteous and con-
siderate, II he can always be depended
upon to do right, If he is pure and true,
he is gentleman, and he viii be recog-
nized as a gentleman by all people whose
opinion IS worth respecting.
We believe the boys OF Kamehameha
have a high regard for honor. Noblesse
oblige was the motto OF the old French
nobility. They thought that their posi-.
ton had its obligations. And I give You
this motto to-day; say to you, boys Of
Kamehameha, noblesse oblige-your po-
sition has its obligations. You have a
great work to accomplish in uplifting
your race. You are to be the standard
bearers in the great movement onward
and upward And we trust you, We be.
lieye in you. We believe you will be
faithful ont OF gratitude to her, the
! founder OF this noble school, in memory
Of whom and in honor of whom this day
hoe boon scr anarf and IN Gratitude n