New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1900-01-13

A young man lost money il
stocks the other day and killed
himself. Other young men lost
heart when things 60 against them
and drift through life helpless, use
less derelicts. Let us give such
men bit of advice:
Don't let failure discourage you.
Almost all the brilliantly successful
characters Of history have known
early trials and reverses. The
great philosopher Epictetus was a
slave. Alfred the Great wandered
through the swamps as fugitive
and got cuffed on the ears for let
ting the cakes burn. Columbus
went from court to court like a
beggar to try to raise the money
for the discovery of the New World,
and when he finally won the favor
of the Spanish Queen he was so
poor that he could not 60 to court
until Isabella had advanced him
money enough to buy decent clothes.
When Frederick the Great was
fighting oil Europe he fell into
such desperate straits that he
carried q bottle of poison about
with him as the last way of escape
from his enemies. If he had taken
that dose the whole history of our
time would have been different. In
stead Of shaking a ENABLED fist"
at the world, young William of
Hohenzollern ight have been a
mediatized princelet, on the look
out for an American heiress; there
might never have been a Leipzig or
Waterloo, as there certainly
would not have been a Sedan, and
the heirs of Napoleon might now
have been ruling over an empire
covering all Central Europe, from
,he Tiber to the Baltic.
Nobody ever had greater cause
'or encouragement than George
Washington had when he led the
'traggling remnants of his army
Icross the Delaware in December,
ZIG. But in the very darkest
lOur, when absolute ruin seemed
Inevitable, and q British gallows
the probable ending Of
lis career, he struck blow that
leared the way to the highest place
n the worlds history.
Andrew jackson was born in a
abin, suffered every sort of adver-
ity, lost his mother and two broth
RS from the suffsrings of war, was
ut with sword for refusing to
lean British officers boots, and
rev up almost without education.
Abraham Lincoln, poor, ignorant,
prung from the lowliest stock,
eprived of all advantages for
ulture or for money making, dis
ressed by domestic troubles, might
ave had some excuse for dis
ouragement. But he kept on,
nth what results the world sees.
If ever there was a man who =,
eemed doomed to failure it was
J. s. Grant in the Spring of 1861.
Ie had cut loose from the profession
Or which he had been trained, and ,
fter drifting from one occupation !
, another and failing in all, he ,
'as now, at thirty-nine years old, I
clerk in a country store, and |
nable to make ends meet at that. .
hree years later he was Lieutenant |
|eneral of the United States, and !
We years after that he was Presi- t
ent.
Or IL we must have examples in
,e present day, there is William .
lcKinley-a bankrupt, with his !;
ebts paid by subscription, and al !
lost Immediately thereafter elevat- $
to the first Office in the world. 4.
nd on the other hand there is !
7illiam J. Bryan, few years ago !,
struggling young attorney, trying :
nsuccessfully to get clerkship in >
ebraska for the salary, and now :
10 idol OF six million voters and :
nbarrassed on the financial side 8
,ly by the multiplicity Of money =
aking offers that he has to refuse. !,
Solon said that it was never safe ;,
call any man happy until he was !
'ad. Unhappiness is equally un-
'rtain. II You are poor now you
sy be rich tomorrow. If you
. unknown now you may be
nous tomorrow. II you are even :
the penitentiary now you may : :
J running street-car system to- :
orrow. Z
So don't be discouraged if your !
rtunes are in temporary eclipse. :,
ae savage is in despair when the .
n goes into the moons shadow, y
r he thinks that some monster /"
y swallowed it, and that there o
II never be any daylight again. u
ut to the astronomer an eclipse is .
erely an interesting opportunity - =
make scientific observations. Be II