The Irish standard., 1907-10-12

" pAo1ty poeIFy, OuL IL 10 r0t
sood sense. 1t is not nonsense. per-
haps; but just the same it is not good
sense, for ] am going to urge Won to
seize every moment and make some use
OF II. Pull every hour up to the dock In
the river of time, and do not let one GET
away until every second of it's $500 ha.
been filled to tho full with all IL can
carry. or at least with all you can put
into 1t. When T was here last year.
talked to the young ladies about "oo.
portunfty." IF you remember. I referras
to the tale Of Tarquin the King Of
Rome. and the Cumean sybil, a. tale that
renected the Romans idea of opportu-
nifty. Then l went on to paint worA
picture Of the Greeks idea Of opportu-
nifty. You remember. they represented Il
by mans figure standing in the market
place. 1t had curly locks ON its fore-
head, and, like Mercury, the ,mes.errar
pf the Gods. had wings on his feet. weft
those who went away. without question.
ing the figure as to its name, reported
to others that the figure stood or renr..-
sented Time Hence the widespread
proverb to Seize Time by the fore
lock- What is that. young ladies. but,
urgent advice to seize opportunity nv
the forelock? For dare to say to you,
here and now. that time and oppor-
tunity are synonymous. When spoke
to you about the Romans idea of on
portunity. had no Idea. that 7 was
soon to get a curious confirmation of IT,
went West from st. Mary's. spoke
IN Butte, Montana. There I learned
hat Marcus DAILY once wanted q strin
of well-watered land near some con-
per mines he owned. His foreman.
The manager Of his mines, having urged
him to buy them went to tho owner
and asked his price.
Five thousand dollars!" said that
gentleman. Five thousand fiddle
sticks" said DAY. mar, to whom
$1,000 was a bagatelle, a trife. give
thousand dollars or nothing" said ths
man. "Tll give you ss5oo," said Daily.
No you won't" said the owner. And
they parted. Later, Daly's, MANAGER
said. Boss. we must buy that land"
DAILY offered the man the $4,000. Not
today" said he. $4,000 "Ten thou
| sand nothing" roared DAILY. "Ten
thousand dollars or nothing" said tho
man, unperturbed. Again Daily de.
parted, procrastinated. How like tho
Tarqufnian tale IT. all is:
Later when his manager pointed out
a dozen why's and wherefores, urging
DAILY to buy the land, Daily went to the
man with $4,000 cash. MOT today"
said the man cynically, $4,000" DAILY
roared. Fifteen thousand or nothing"
said the owner Of the land. Again
Daily went away ..'.
In the meantime, William A. Clark,
one time United States Senator. a rival
Of Dalys, learning that DAILY was bar
gaining about that particular and nec-
essary bit of land, went to the man,
who, as we have seen, was no fool.
What do you want for that land.
Hans?" said Clark. Thirty thousand
dollars" said Hans. Here it is." said
Clark, handing him a certified check
for that amount. He had brought one
prepared. Just q. moment. Who was
Marcus DAILY? Who was William A.
Clark? Marcus Daily was a big-heart-
ed. lucky. 1rishman. He went on his
way. trusting to bull-luck to land him
safe in all his enterprises Many times
he failed. In some lines; lines do
not care to discuss, he failed terribly.
He was uneducated; had a lot of horse
sense, however,. BY the way he was 4
great lover of horses. And men, and
women. for that. matter. who love
horses. who love all Gods creatures and
creation, are usually not bad. William
IA. Clark was a. ignorant % DAILY. at