The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-21


Taking advantage of opportunities ~ what
ccunts. While you are watching Tor an OPP
portunity there are at least SIX otner men
who are getting their eyes focused on tue same
opportunity. Many man IS dead broke To-
day because he let "A golden opportunity pass
by. He could not see u at the time, put ne
secs nc now when IL does him no good. Up
portunities come TO every man sooner or later
and taking advantage Of them is what counts.
around 10 throw gold in your cap, while
you rock and read at your ease III you uo,
you will find out your mistake. You must
have your eyes opened ana when the oppoT
tunity aforesaid presents itself, Jump on ~
with both feet hold IL fast and don y leu III
get away from you.
"I4etting opportunities slip through your
fingers doesn't pay, young man, you VIII
| tunessslip through his digits than one could
| take notice OF unless he banked and backed
| a Monte Carlo But still they slip. and Slip
| and continue TO slip, these opportunities.
| You will hear men sag today as they observe
! some piece of property: why. L could nave
| bought all that property 70 years ago for so
would grow in value as il has" That's 1t.
| You didn't think. No; you were looking up
| in the air wondering what the weather was
going TO be. You are thinking now, dare
say, Of the opportunity you let go by.
Perhaps you have the opportunity offered by
your parents OF attending private institu-
| iion for learning Perhaps they have said !:
| Henry or Mary, (as the case may bel, "your
| father and have concluded to send you TO
the Friends school," It il the opportunity OK
| your young lives. Don't let IL go by. In
| after years you may lose your money In the
| bank your house may possibly burn down,
but il you have stored away an abundance or
knowledge you have the power to retrieve
yourself
know dozen men in this and other cities
| that came floating past them, are now ac-
| counted rich and consequently inhuentisi.
Speaking OF opportunities, Corbett had an
| opportunity when no met John IL. after MS
| 10 years labor meeting all comers and being
| downed by none outside OF Mr.. John Barley
| corn, the champion knocker out OF the UNI
| made Corbett rith and gave him fame, Ger
tain kind. 1t is taking advantage OF op
| portunities and the aggregatinR OF caplta
| that make possible such a building as the In
| dustrial Trust and the prospective lO-story
| bealty to be erected on the Grosvenor plat
BUYERS take advantage of the opportunitie
| offered by the Misft Clothing Parlors, ~
| Westminster street, whenever they presen
| such bargains that have made them famou
| among tne clOtDlHB ineiNhohsS Va '"S wv
How many married ladies today observe II
the man they discarded and said mo to In
| stead OF Eyes" the man who has proven
| every way worthy and been successful II
| life besides. Some who We're piqued at I'd
| time or had a "lovers quarrel and went OF
| and married the 'other fellow" just to GO
| even, now mourn the fact that the opportu
| nifty was not taken advantage Of.
Suppose George Boyden did not take ad
| vantage OF the opportunity to obtain posses
| sion OF Bullock Point and thus control tn
| shore resort he has made famous rs Crescep
| ParkY But he did. He bobbed up serenel
| and now that ne Is on financial terra frma
| begins to dawn on the people that an oppor
tunity was caught on the wing.
IL was the opportunity that made Gran
| and sherman and Sheridan famous durin
the civil war. Had there been no civil wa
what opportunity would have brought ou
the splendid capabilities OF the commandin
general, u. s. Grant2 The pages OF histor
are roplete with instances whore opportunit
presenting itself at an oppOrtuno time wa
made much Of IL IL opportunity, circun
stances. influence, that makes the PROCESS {
the world OLD VET.
| Sixteen In ths Combine.
NEW YORK, Aug 2l.-A new tarii
| schedule was adopted Yesterday by th