The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
G. p. HUNTINGTON
WRITES ABOUT HIS SCHOOL DAYS AND GIVES SOME
ADVICE TO Young MEN.


looking things were not Thereon rather,I
should say, they were cut up into small
pieces. He asked one and another of the i.
boys who had done it, and they all
answered that they did not know; al ::
though, OF course, they knew very well.
When he asked me if l knew l said
yes, but when he asked me who it was
refused to tell him. He said he would put
me out of school if I did not tell; but
didn't and we sailed in, and there was fun
for the boys for a few minutes, but l was
able to gather him up and take him OUT:
without harming him much. Now, there
may have been something wrong about
these two schoolboy squabbles, but some
how do not remenb Der them as being SO,
and few recollections of my life have given
me so much innocent satisfaction, or so
often caused smile, as the remem brance
Of my tussle with Mr.. Ely.
Now. a few serious words to the boys
with stout hearts and strong arms, and
nothing in their pockets, who have got the
sober work OF making living before them.
Take that work which is nearest to you
until you can do better and work with
will, doing it as well as you possibly can,
and SO steadily that one might almost
think the Fates were doing it, yet turning
your thoughts away from your mere man
ual labor to watch out for something
higher and better. Do this and you will
surely succeed. Be always true to your
self; work with an honesty of purpose, and
spend no money for the things you do not
need. | never in my life used tobacco, and
until [ was nearly 90 years of age did not
fho cfo .f WI, l,ot, Id
notwithstanding what was told to Mr..
Nunan by his poorhouse friend. 1t is in
teresting and instructive to figure out how
much money boy commencing at Is
years of age could have by the time he is
three score and ten years, if be should
save 25 cents a day, and com pound it semi
annually at per cent interest. Too many
young men who go out to work watch the
clock to be sure they don't reach their
work one minute before the appointed
time, or leave it one minute after the regu-
lation hour for closing has struck. 1t is a
great mistake, for the hard times are sure
to come when those who employ labor
must part with some of it in the interest
OF a necessary retrenchment; and then it
will be found that those who loitered on
their way to work and hurried on the way
from it will be the first to be dispensed
with; while those who showed their inter-
est in their work by not watching the clock
lest they should give moment more of
their time than they had agreed to give
those who STAYED behind to clean up their
desks and to finish their work rather than
their day-will be retained. Those who
work well for others work we'll for them
selves. Those who do not frequently find
their reward in the poorhouse. How often
have l observed that the manufacturer
who made the oest article he possibly
could for certain price grew steadily
richer; while he who made the poorest
article he could sell for the same price
grew poorer until bankrupt tcy resulted.
To be successful in the best sense of the
word one must work with an honesty of
purpose. giving full weight and measure
and doing all things well to the whole
extent of his ability. The desire to get
rich in hurry mars the happiness of
many men, for wealth Is of slow growth;
but it comes at last to him who does not
waste his moments but works with all his
might and lives on less than he makes.
Riches thus acquired bring comfort and
happiness. Do not forget, though, that
there is ga Withholding that leadeth to
poverty" not only in money but in hap
piness; for the poor we have always with
us. and to them we must always be ready
to give our portion. l do not refer to
those jackals in human shape who howl
along our track with the outcries of the
mprovident. who think the wo.ld owes
them a living; who want to gather where
others have sown, who want to pick up
something without laying anything down,
and make those who save divide with
those who will not; for to give to these is
almost sin, because giving to them makes
the world worse instead of better.
Hoping you are quite well, and with kind
regards as always, sincerely yours,