The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-16
A TIE PRICE.



thing has q market value regulated by
the difficulty and expense of produe
ing or Of obtaining the article. This
IS true in the marts Of trade, and social
life and ia the moral world. Oranges
ara worth five cents apiece. ear Of c0rn
aFe worth five cents . dozen. Anup-
right industrious, thoroughly equipped
young man is worth 500 per month, and
an ignorant, INDECENT immoral youth
can't get his board. A. profound schol-
arly and thoroughly equipped specialist
names bis price, bnt the qnack works
on the plan. many nickeis make g
mickle, and generally Is fortunate
enough to find board with his wife. If
you put the letter "P'' in front Of the
word luck, you then have the word in
its etymology. Wherever you find q
successful man in any sphere Of life, you
may rest assured that he has paid the
price. Soft work never makes hard
muscles. The top Of the mountain i
reached by the severe test Of muscle,
step by step, and whenever you see a
man standing on the mountain top, you
NAV be certain that the sweat has stood
on.his brow, and he paid the price. And
when you find man standing OF q lofty
summit Of a pure life, with q spotless
character, you may be sure that he hns
fought the battles with appetite and
passion, with pleasure and surrounding,
and paid full price for what he got
The scholar has taken hours Of self
fnduigence and has planked them
down in solid study, burning the mid
night lamp. The wealthy man has paid
for his riches in industry and self-sac-
rifce. If I have succeededin any sense,
/ have paid the price. l bought my
muscle in an ore bank, working from
sun up to sun down. My knowledge
of human nstssre, Of men and things, T
bought By daily toll among the masses;
and any man could have accomplished
es much, and more than /, il he had
planked down as much hard work.
There is no law in this country to pre-
vent a man from painting a great pic
ture, cutting q great statue, preaching
q great sermon, gathering q great Tor
tune or performing great deeds. The
most ignorant have become the most
learned, the poorest have become the
richest and the most obscure the most
famous.
'Pay the price and take the goods
The bankrupts are those who have sold
out too o and too cheap. The poor
bloated. ~blear-eyed drurkard has sold
out bis manhood to .appettas the dadE
banchee has sold out his character to
passion, the tramp has sold out to lazi-
ness. the gambler sold out 20 chance,
the sinner has sold out to the devil.
The cry Of q tramp is wages without
work. and the cry Of every failure in
life IS success without merit or IA other
words the cry is: 'sThe goods without
the price"
Commodore Vanderbilt wanted q
boat. His mother promised If he would
plow and hoe and cultivate ten acres OF
corn she would loan him the money to
buy it. He cultivated the corn, and
bought his boat, which was sunk and
was lost while he was bringing it home.
Not discouraged, he worked night and
day and secured the money to buy an
other, with which he laid the founda-
ton Of his fortune. The toll, sweat,
defeat, enterprise. grit and determine
ton Of his boyhood days were the gold
coin he paid for his success. That sue
cess is still on the market, but it comes
high. and very few are willing to pay
the price. Ball and bat and leisure
hours, entertainments and cards, tan
shoes and soft hands. perfume and
sports, will never buy q boat, or bring
success in life.
The young man who puts down the
price, gets what he wants. Benjamin
Franklin started his printing business
in Philadelphia in q small basement
room-his kitchen, bedroom, office and
printing shop all in n room. He was
cook, housekeeper, t~ypesetter. foreman,
editor. publisher, sexton and devil. He
hauled his type through the streets OF
Philadelphia in a w~heelbarrow. His
opponent called to see him one day, and
said: .TIl starve you out" Franklin
showed him a pona Of bread off which.
he had made several meals. and said:
IF you do, you will have to live cheaper.
than / do" Franklin didn't die Of
Starvation. He obtained q brilliant
success. but he paid for it.
Some tine ago 1 was in the largest
shok \ the world. in st. Louis.
M is q motto, hung where
tonld see it: ssStep quick,
ow steppers here
4 ply the sun and the shows
era. yer made a crop. There II
q 81 svers IN every mans life;
but muscle make . crop.
A. /. a poor, obscure, Hitter