The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-06


deadhead tickets to the circus came
pouring in. Then he came to passing
most of his time in tub and to get
ting Off such philosophy as Pay to
day and trust tomorrow and Birds
Of a. feather flock together 1t was
Diogenes that consoed a man with
boil on his leg by saying that he
might have had n carbuncle on his
neck. He turned the world upside
down in his way and died a grand
success.
"Let us come down nearer TO our
own times What did George Wash
ington amount to at the age of TWEEN
ty-one or even three or four years
later7 He could do little land sur
veying, but nothing to brag of. The
old man let him run the farm, and he
ran things into the ground. He tried
to teach school and made n failure Of
1t. He never traded horses but what
he got stuck. Even after he married
! the Widow Custis he wasn't cOnsid-
cred any great shakes. 1t was a ques-
| tlon whether he'd ever be worth as
much as the average hired man when
! his niche came sailing along. 1t was
marked, TO the Father of His Country
handle gently George slipped into
Il and nailed himself In, and history
tells you what followed He kicked
up rumpus that lasted seven or
eight years, and he made a mighty
king glad tc go out of the American
business. Had he skipped his niche
and gone keeping books for some
merchant he'd never have been heard
of outside of his village home.
"Go back to Columbus for n mo-
ment. At the age of forty he had
tried tailoring, coopering, the saw
mill business and half a dozen other
things and had made dismal failures
at all and was teetotally busted for
cash. / don't depend altogether on
history for my facts. have been told
OF the outside that Mr.. Columbus was
so hard up at the crisis OF mis- lie that
the question of raising fried eggs and
bacon for breakfast was serious
problem for him. He was ready TO go
out cutting cord wood for 3j cents n
cord when his niche came along. All
at once he got the idea that there
might be some more world to grab on
to, and he began to talk. He wasn't a
failure with his mouth. He kept at It
until he got the king and queen Of
Spain interested, and they fitted him
out and gave him Horace Greeley's
advice to go west. He went west, and
here we are. A vast continent has
been redeemed from the Indians and
given over to the grafters.
His Own Case.
"Take my own case. My friends,
at fifteen I couldn't chew gum with
out swallowing the cud inside Of two
minutes. At twenty planted dried
applies to grow an orchard. / had the
inner consciousness that somewhere
was a niche for me, but couldn't find
It. tried lightning rods and tin ped
dliAg and book canvassing, but l was
set down as a half idiot. tried po-
etry and was run out of town. II seem
ed impossible for me TO catch on, aud
had to put up with being called the
fool of the family. One day, after
had planted corn in the ear and been
run across a thirty acre lot by the
farmer l was working for, my niche
came along. II was labeled The ros.
trum.' l recognized It at once and
slipped In, and am still there. II Is
not for mo to say how much my lee
lures have benefited mankind nor to
ask what calamities might not have
happened had failed to find my niche
at last. always leave that to my
audiences
"Are you a successful farmerY Then
you have found your niche Woman
can you construct pumpkin pie thai
) viii melt In the mouth? Then that Is
!; your niche. Young man, can you de
, claim The Boy Stood on the Burning
Deck In such way as to bring tears
to the eyes OF your audience? II so
J slip into the niche and hold It down
Nature intended you for an orator
Young woman. does playing old Blacl
J Joe on the piano come as natural to yoi
as making beds and washing dishes
Then your niche is music. aud dom
let any cuss words of the neighbor'
! stop you. II you haven't found you
niche yet, keep on looking for It, 1
{ is sure to come and success to come
with 1t. Whatever you can do bes
and with the most satisfaction In you
heart is your niche, whether 1t be po
? etry or pumpkin pie, oratory, choppinI
3 wood, preaching the gospel or running
: n sldeshow With thanks for you
r interested attention and unbounde'
= enthusiasm. l now bring my remark
t to a close and ask that you klndl,
t wake each other up" NJ. QUAD.
q Nscks to Nothing.