The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-07

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said about opportunity aud the chan
ees the Young man Of to-day has IN
comparison with the chances that
young men had several years age
And along with all that has hreh
said and written Is a lot Of sontish-
ness tha, could have 30 other than
a hanetul effect urou the Young man
IL he happens To be 81 the SORT that
is locking for opportunity in tho
beaten paths that the majority 81 the
human race is hliudly travelling
ouce in while Young man by
sheer force Of character and az AZ.
plication, will DO some one thing
better than any ether man has ever
done Il before, aud when he does
this people cali him lucky and some
OF shesn envy him Hut few Of them
stop 10 take close look az the man
ner In which the yeung man accom-
plished his success, Those who Do
indulge in this sort Of q scrutiny dis
cover that the success came as . re-
suit OF the closest application and
the hardest Kind ~ work
The greater number Of the honest
successes Of the recent years of Won
dertul development in this country
have been attained BY men who
worked while others were asleep and
who never ceased Ia their enacafors
until the object Of their labors was
attained Thomas 4 Edison Is re
garded as the model Of the American
who has achieved success. and he
comes as near 20 being entitled TO 1t
as any other man. Yet. where is the
young man of today, eursing his
luck. who would be willing TO work
as Edison worked TO accomplish the
wonders that are accredited 20 him
The young men are few who would
have absolutely lived in a dingy lit
tie shop without recreation, with
hardly any sleep and scarcely q bite
TO eat. as Edison did, Yet there are
thousands of young men who are
wishing they could do something like
Edison has done, Probably they could
come near to il in some important
line of industry If they would make
the personal application and the
sacrifices that Edison made
A few years ago a young man was
employed in the state department in
Mississippi \ change in administra-
ion parted him from his job and he
vent TO Chicago. He knew a few
prominent railroad men, and to these |
le applied for position at what |
.ver they might have for him 10 do, |
n every case where he made appH- |
alton he was turned away, and |
there was something in the manner
in which he was rejected that hurt
his pride. Doubtless the men to
whom he made requests for work
considered him of no use TO them
and lacking in the requirements OF
the work which they had TO be per-
formed, but they little dreamed that
their brusque manners toward the
friendless young fellow would re
suit in so much worry and actual
cost as subsequent history proved.
The young man, Writ Adams,
went back TO Jackson, Miss, but he
did not wait for opportunity-he
made il. He made a dilligent study
Of the taxation laws Of the state.
and in the course of time made an
offer TO the authorities to collect
back taxes against the railroads for
a percentage of the actual amount
recovered. The officials had nothing
20 lose and had visions OF great gains
and they accepted the young man's
proposition. MANY of the suits enter
sd We're successful, and Adams is
still prosecuting the big carrying
corporations i'm any OF the states
where he can show that they are i'm
arrears. II is asserted that the Hi
uois Central railroad alone has been
compelled % pay enough money in
back taxes through the instrumental
fly of Writ Adams 10 more than
equal the sum that f. would have
paid Adams for fifty years from the
date that he timorously asked for g.
subordinate job I'm Chicago, II 10 had
hired him then ar the same salary
that the president of fhe road WAS
paid And Adams opportunity is
suu presenting itself In various and
profitable WAYS. Re made it himself
and lr l- "a profitable SERVANT to him
Had h. gone home and made Up
DIS mHd ,HJt the day Tor amy
.fHua. f1r a vouug mau had gone
... H. HHrIl only have been doing
HI.t thousands of other young Wen
U. Hr. 0, WHe mad" Dt 'hs llsht
"... #rI when ouc opportauif Ie.
...H .u .a e.t about FOB make nu"
of .. u## md hIs success .s .'s own
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