The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

sam Jones Gives Young Men Some GOOD
\ Twice.


| price in general. quality.ot the goods
! regulates the price in particular Every.
/ thing has market value regulated by
{ the difficulty and expense OF produc-
/ ing or Of obtaining the article This
! IS true in the marts of trade, and social
( life and in the moral world. Oranges
are worth five cents apiece, ears of corn
are worth five cents a dozen An up
F right. Industrious, thoroughly equipped
4 young man Is worth 500 per month. and
an ignorant, INDECENT, immoral youth
arly and thoroughly equipped specialist
names his price, but the quack works
ON the plan, many nickels make a
mich!e, and generally is fortunate
enough 10 find board with his wife. II
you put the letter "P" in front OF the
word luck" ycu then have the word in
its etymology. Wherever you find a
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 Is
reached by the severe test Of muscle,
step by step and whenever you see a
man standing on the mountain top, you
may he certain that the sweat has stood
en- his brow and he pad The price. And
when you find a man standing on lofty
summit OF a pure life, with spouess
character, you may be sure that he has
fought tie battles with appetite and
passion, with pleasure and surrounding,
and paid full price for What he got
al. - g,lt
indulgence and has plsnked them
down in solid study, burning the mid
night lamp. The wealthy man has paid
for his riches in industry and selfsar-
rifice. II ] have succeeded in any sense,
] have paid the price l bought my
muscle in an ore bank, working from
sun up TO sun down. Ny knowledge
Of human nature, of men and things,
boush. By daily toll among the masses;
and any man could have accomplished
a much, and more than !, ii he had
planked down as much hard work.
There is no law in this country to pre-
vent "a man from painting great pic
lure, cutting Il great statue, preaching
a great sermon, gathering a great for
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 coon and too cheap. The poor
bioated blear-eyed drunkard has sold
opt his manhood to appetite, the de-
bauchee has SOLD out his character to
passion, the tramp has sold out TO lazi-
ness, the gambler sold out TO chance,
the sinner xas sold out to the devil.
The cry Of tramp is wages without
work, aud the cry OF every failure in
life is success without merit, or N other
words The cry is: The goods without
the price"
Commodore Vanderbilt wanted
boat, His mother promised il he would
plow and hoe and cultivate ten acres of
corn she would loan him the money to
buy IL. He cultivated the corn, and
bought his boat, which was sunk and
WAS lost IS nile he was bringing IL home. |
Not discouraged. he worked night and
day and secured the money 10 buy an
other. with which he laid the founda-
ton OF his fortune. The toll, sweat,
defeat, enterprise, grit aud determine
tion Of his boyhood days were the gold |
coin he paid for his success. That sue
cess is still on the market. hut 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, viii never buy u bout. 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 u ysmah basement
room--bis kitchen, BEDROOM. Office and
printing shop all in one room. He was
cook. housekeeper, typesetter, foreman,
editor, publisher, sexton and devil. He /
hauled his type through the streets of !
Philadelphia in whcelbarrow. His
opponent called 20 see him one day, and |
said: III starye you out" Franklin
showed him pone OF bread of which |
he Lad made several meals, and said;
III you DO, sou viii have 70 live cheaper
than ! do" Franklin didn't die of
starvation. He obtained brilliant
success. but he paid for IT,
Some time ago | was in the largest
shoe house Ia the world, In 81. Louis.
IN that store In a motto. hung where
every clerk could See II: step quick,
We want no slow shppcrs here"
Luck IN simply the sun and the show
ers. Luck never made crop. There is
. sun and showers in every mans life;
nut sweat and muscle make crop.
Abe Lincoln. poor, obscure. Hitter
ate youth, stood In a door of "A village
STORE, In which he was partner. A
neighbor stopped his wagon before the
door, a barrel fun Of rubbish would not
stay On the wagon. This Dcighbor pur-
suaded Abe 10 buy II for rs ecnts. and in
The barrel Of rubbish wan Black stones
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