The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-30

rely upon himself. He must push out
for himself, and not depend upon
friends The boy who does that IS
sure to succeed. II he has good princi-
pies and good habits. He must, now
ever. bend every energy toward accom-
plishing what he sets out to do, and
he must be economical in respect to
money, time and strength. II he does
this and has 1t In him, he will have
a great success, for there is no place
where the possibilities Of great sue
cesses are more than right here"
Which has the best chance to sue
ceed, Mr.. Mayor-the boy reared in the
country or the boy reared In the city?
Il don't think the locality has much
to do with it," was the reply. 1.-THE
manner Of the boys rearing often has
more. The country boy has, as q rule,
had the advantage OF having been
made to work. He Is usually q poor
boy, and his nerve and muscle have
usually been developed by adversity.
This may be the case with the city
boy, but In many instances his early
life has been too easy. His parents
have pampered him. He does not know
the value of dollar until he learns
It by experience, after he has gone into
business. and in this way he starts in
behind the horny-handed son of the
country The country boys life has
tended to the development of self-re-
lance In him, and he comes here with
the determination to stand alone
mot FOR TEN THOUSAND"
This remark of Mayor Strong may be
forcibly illustrated by story of his
own self-reliance. 1t was during his
first years in New York. He had been
In the employ of one of the leading
merchants here for some time, when
disagreement arose between him and
the merchant about certain matter.
In the discussion which followed Strong
thought he was not properly treated.
and as a result there were. hot words
between the two. At last the employer
told Mr.. Strong that he did not be-
heve that he could work any longer for
him.
Work any longer for you" was
Strong's reply; work for you after
this Why, man, 1 would not work for
you after what you have said for $10,-
00U minute"
Thereupon young Strong took up his
hat and left. He was out of a place
for a few days. The first man to whom
he applied for work asked him for ref
erences. Young Strong at once gave
him the name Of the man who had JUS,
dismissed him. Said he: II could refer
you to fifty men who know me, each
Of whom l doubt not would say good
thing for me. But what you want is
the name Of someone have worked for,
and that man can tell you all about
my work."
The result was that the man went
to his former employer and asked as to
Strong, and was told in reply that
Strong was very good man, but hard
ployer: 'If you can manage him he is
worth all that you can pay him, but as
for me, he told me when he left that
he would not work for me again for
$4,000 minute" This answer, strange
to say, pleased the man. He gave
Strong the place, and never had reason
to regret It.
NOT BRIGHTER THAN OTHERS.
I asked the mayor If he had found
that the men of New York were
smarter than those of the West. He
replied: mo, don't think so. There
are now in village stores men who are
just as bright as any of the merchants
here in New York, and there are law
yers at the county seats who have as
much brains as those who advise the
big corporations in Wall street This
matter Of greatness is to large entent
one of circumstances and surround
ingS."
NOT A CANDIDATE.
I am told that Mr. Strong will not be
candidate again for the mayorship.
I did not ask him the question. But
he said to a friend the other day that
he thought that If he was ten years
younger he would like nothing better.
He thinks, however, that he has earn
ed a rest, and says that three of the
hardest working years of his life have
been spent at the city hail..
There is one thing, however, that
| Mayor Strong has kept before him dur
| ing his term, and that is that the
| mayor Of a great city like this ought