The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-07-24

THINK l can assert without fear
of contradiction that there resides
within the breast of humanity
predominating and irresistible inn
pulse TO be respected, to be admired
by others, and to achieve such fame
that our memory will live long after we
have departed from this earth. This
idea receives expression in multitude
nous forms. A good reputation is the
royal pathway upon which one can safe
ay rely to fulfill this desire. It is one of
the essential factors in promoting and
maintaining good government. It is one
of the forces that contends for higher
ideals in the developing process of civil
lization. It's testimonials are observed
an art, literature, science, and countless
endowments for institutions of learn
ing and in institutions where the sick
and MANNED are cared for.
A good reputation, therefore, is a
necessity to the child, to the boy attend
ing school, to the young man wooing
his sweetheart and to the man embark
ing in commercial life. GA good repu-
tation is more valuable than money!"
says Publius Syrus. In this age of
so-called trusts, of artifciality and of
pseudo merchandise, it appears that
money and not reputation is the pre-
essential thing which all men are strain
ing every nerve to acquire. The more
money accumulated, the greater be-
comes its burden, but the more we en-
nance our reputation and add to its
PROJECTIONS, the greater becomes its re-
fulgence, the more lasting becomes its
fame and it will act as a monument
for future generations to admire and
aspire to.
Reputation, like money, is acc umu-
lated as an investment, and like money
it is easily parted with. He who wishes
topreseryea an enviabie reputation must
he continually on the alert. Pope says;
"At every word reputation dies"
Whether we agree with this assertion
or not, nevertheless, we should use the
utmost care in protecting it. We know
what fragile thing it is and how east
siy it will tumble about our ears. A
moments loss of self-control and it
becomes dross, like bursted bubble, a
mere nothing, by-product which re-
quires considerable skill and manipula-
ton to again be of value. 1t is not
the external dangers which one must
guard against, such as the slanderer, tie
.corraptionist, hideous vice, etc., to
protect it, but the danger which ,;o.
within.
q good reputation has a potent val
he In this life and is a noble endow-
ment to bestow upon posterity. Every
sday we can enhance its value. Its
growth is the preparation that qualifies
and prepares us for positions oftrust
and honor. The opportunity to great
mess may never present itself, but still
there is no cause for Encouragement.
There Is no better advertisement than
a good reputation for the merchant.
Let it once become known that he is a
willy chap; that his goods are not what
he represents them to be; that he
skins" down the price on certain ar
ticle and raises it on others; that he Jug
giles accounts, and he will soon find
himself decidedly the worse for Gus
toners.
So it iswith theambitious young man
who is just feeling the fiber of the first
rung of the ladder up which he hopes to
mount to success. 1t matters little
whether he is youth looking for a
clerkship, or young doctor just build
ing up practice, or brief1ess attorney
looking with owl-like eyes for his first
client, he must possess good reputa-
ton. A lawyer may possess cunning
and lots of CAB and succeed; a doctor
may be proficient and cure his patient;
the young clerk may know how to sell
goods, but if their regulations are of a
negative quantity, their success will be
of a meteor-like nature. They do
not inspire confidence. The better