The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-11


meut tor Serious struggle Of Lie
The Te nm Bred 10y Is Likely n
Early Beeome Biase.
A country boys lack of opportunity IS
his best equipment lnf lne serions
struggle 81 life This sounds paradoxi.
cal hut Il is uue 1t Is lust AS true as
The opposite propositions that the great
est hiudraHees a city boy has to contend
with are TIE opportunities which heset
him when Young and pursue him till h.
begins le real business of life--u basi
ness which each individual must carry
On Tor himself For tie city boy every
thing Is made rs easy as possible Even
pleasure becomes 20 lin an old story
before he Is out OF his Teens. Brought
up In the feverish rush Of place where
Great Things are happening day by
day. be sees the world with a cynle's
eyes aud desplses The small things
which. like the bricks IN house 30 t.
the uphnlldng Of characters and
careers. lie believes IN using urge
markers IN the game Of lifei for pennies
and smail units OF value he has little
taste and seau regard
The conditions surrounding the coun
Try bay are as different AZ possible
There is Il deal OF regular work that
every country boy must do. and this
regularity Of employment mostly out Of
doors iueuleates industrious habits
while i contributes 10 physical de.
gelopment which IN after years Is lust
as valuable As any athletic training thai
cau be bad. lie cannot run as fast, per
haps as those trained by n system. he
muy nor be able 20 iumn 80 high or so
far, or excel IN any OF the sports upon
which NE hestow 80 much time and from
which we GET SO mueh of pleasure but
his development enables him 10 buckle
down to tile hard work IN which hours
are consumed and from which very lii
tla or no immediate pleasure Is extract
ed His strength NAV be something
Ike that Of the cart horse. but the cart
horse Is - be preferred where "a long
and steady pull Is required. The thor.
oughbred raeehorse has fine Hight q
speed ana cuntefs wifh delightful light
ness and eraee along the park bride
paths bat The heavy work Is the work
most ln demand and Tor that we want
The draff animals every time.
Enthusiasm is the spur TO endearor
and at the same time It Is the SAVIOR II
life The country boy whose ambition
has taken him TO town comes flled with
euthusiasms Even the little things ars
novelties 10 aim. and as De accom-
nlIshes tBis and that he feels that he is
doing something nos only Interesting
unt valuable Ills simple tastes have
not been spoiled by a multiplicity Of
Qualifications and so he IS glad OF eY-
erythiu2 good that comes his way At
thirty. II he leads clean life. he has
more or the boy I'm him than hls city
cousin has left az fifteen lie does
what IS before him because it is his
duty while the other Is Too apt cynical
~ TO question the value Of doing any.
thing and ask. What IS the gsee''
OF the men who have achieved great
prominence and high influence in our
affairs If state the country boys are n
least twenty 70 one over the city lads
Nowadays indeed. our cynical city lads
look upan men who take an active inter.
satiu public affairs ~ rather low fellows
and quIfe beneath their associations
and notice But the country boys arr
At the top in other lines Of endeavar.
Ia finance they are nre-emlnent and the
great bank presidents Of to-day ia the
great cities nearly all learned TO read
and 10 cipher In country schools where
birch and ferule had not succumbed to
The ciViiiziog Influences ~ scientific
pedagogy. our great railways were In
The main huilt by them. and today The
administrators OF these great compan.
les are IN great measure from farms
and country villages, from places where
work began IN early infancy, and
sense OF duty developed while stlll the
lisp Of childhood fingered
Some city boys, however, are OF such
sturdy stun and endowed with sneh
natural gifts, tH0t they succeed 10y rea.
son of their Inherent superiority; others
succeed ahundantiy because they have
used their opportunities wisely. aud IN
real life have pursued the same course
which enables so many country boys
% win fame and fortune. The more
honor 20 them for having survived their
100 great opportunities. But the eoun.
Try hog when he comes 10 town reaches
ont for the high places: though not all
find seats Of the mighty nearly al Of
the exalted stations nre filled IN the end
by men Of country birth and country
rearing for they usually start out with
The sound theory that what IL worth
having Is worth striving for.--John Gil.
mer Speed In Brandur Magazine.