The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-03
THE LITERARY FIELD.

| initial paper for young men. for the Feb
ruary Issue OF the Ladies' Home Journal.
| gives brilliant emphasis TO his text, THE
Stuff That Makes Young Manhood" by
the frequent employment OF forcible cpl
grams. He considers proper getting
ready as the greatest value In preparing
| for life's work. and upon this point flashes
| his strongest, brightest lights In brilliant
| radiance.
graduate a butterfly even II It Is a
| very good school. Its only wholesome am
bition Will be as good as It can as but
| tercup.
| hers. but | never saw one facilitate the
| Matching process by pecking the shell. The
chick on the inside will get out II he is
! worth It,
More men are injured by having things
made easy for them than by having their
| path beset with difficulties. for II en-
courages them to stay themselves on cir
| lance needs TO be on their own personal
| stuff.
Young men are constantly worrying
| lest they be failures and noncntsties.
Every man will count for all he is
worth.
There IL as much science or success
| as there IL Il science of hydraulics.
The less a young man talks about luck
and untowardness OF circumstances, an9
| the tpuuGttlSn1lsSS tl Dtbuihi
the IKE, the better for hin, and for the
| world to which hs owes himself EVERY
man VIII have all the power, ne Sarns,
| because people like 1t or like ham, but
| because II Is power.
Personal pressure can no more be boot.
cd down. or voted down. or argued ont OF
| existence than can the push of the wind
or the pull of the moon. If you weigh
ton you will exert tons pressure
There is probably SUCH a thing as &C.
MUS. although ninety-nine hurureutns OF
| IL Is doubtless the name which lazy people
| give to results whcih others have earned
by hard work In those hours when the
lazy people themselves were either sieep
| ing or Wishing they could gain II without
| toilng for II.
| There is faculty enough In almost any.
| body to become genius If only all that
| faculty were Jumped.
| We are more likely to find n good des-
| tiny by going afoot than by ridlng.
The world cares very little for experts.
| and the course of events il only infiniteSi-
mally determined by them.
The man whose entire capital Is one o.
| enthusiasm will be conspicuous by his
| abundance of torch. at the same time
| lacking the timber which the loren exists
primarily to cnkindlc,
Sowing still antedatcs rcaping, and the
| amount sowed determines pretty cioseiy
| the size of the harvest
| Empty barns in october are the logical
| sequence of empty burrows IN spring me
;uuns ,,''" 10 no 'y,.nti,,,io.; in this life and
| that success is never reached across
| lots"
scr,h,er's Magazine for February might
ho ca,,ed n mid-winter outdoor number,
aa I, contains an unusual number of aru-
| Giles OF life and adventure in the open
air First among these ia the leading ar
| ticle of the number on the Colorado
| lto,i,l plateau nv Lewis Morris Iddings,
which is delightful sociai study by
man VINO mas uaVeiou i" many 'oe'v.'
| of the world. ana VINO KNOWS 'ne i's'o'
around Colorado springs '"o'ousn's' nav
| ing spent a number oil winters therp' ne
describes picturesaueS anu WIN So.
deal of Invaluable hior""'ioi '"o ~
that is led there by those Whoso ns"',"
makes 1t necessary FOR them 10 result III
that climate. MOST Oh '"v'" III. 'o"'
PEELED TO leisure ana theteior" u'iNen W
every device for amusement VINO"
makes the lie particularly p,'s", anu :"
tractivc. SO that there Is not 'oueh Oh
indivdualism In Mr.. iddlhgs account o,
| It. II IL a pleasing ana interesting socia'
| picture that he draws ana WHAT ne nus
| to say OF the delights. conNcn'ehces am
necessities OF Life in the Attitudes Is
most entertaining. or very uitIeteht
| description is the br'ei "oco"'' v,
| Frank Russell a skillful naturalist. who
| made n remarkable journey with only In
dian companions into tho barren lands OF
Northwest Canada.
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wilson OF the "h''eu ''"
thor OF Ihe iruhpe'e' VI ''io Twp
There are ais" ."'oe s'o' w., ~
sketches by inc rtehch pn"aer ', ~
with three OF ms iai'ious p'e'u.es' -.
convent under arms nv,
sauce, me Nisht @on'o,' INC o,".
fiction OF the hummer ~ '"o ''"' p"'t
OF iophllso" ''''i'" '''iS Wv
union rom "r"b""' anu w .V"'','
| part OF Mrs Hunphry warn novel
Sir George Itese'auS' !" w'"0n nv"
attention Is given 10 marceha, oo1n v"