El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-14

HIRKKERs have no show with the
workers
- a good many folks seem to
Rave got into their heads the fancy
that prosperous people have secured
their goods by some turn Of the wheel
OF fortune.
Just you put this down in your book
This old world is beehive Of in
dustry in which men are rewarded
according 10 their efforts.
Life is not a lottery in which
strikers have the same show as the
workers.
Circumstances do combine sometimes
70 give men favorable opportunities
for improving their conditions as well
as Tor grasplng precious prizes. but
OFTEN these happy combinations Of
circumstances are the result of esta-
blshed forces seized upon and made
the most Of. so that they become
fortunate Those who neglect them
and allow them TO pass are unfOr-
1unate- Herein lies the idea that
Shakspere intends to convey in the
famous line.
men which, taken at the flood, leads
on 10 fortune
The Successful Man.
The successful man IS not he who
Up. or idly folding his hands says
1T is Of no use but rather he who
takes advantage of circumstances when
they are favorable and oTercomes
when they are adverse.
Circumstances arise as much from
the activity Of strong minds and de-
termined wills in heroic souls as from
the operation of regular forces in God
and nature, and consequently they can
be used to your advantage or to your
hurt just as you yourself decide.
An AimIess Army.
There is pitiable class. an aimless
army OF young men in our land. who
are the sport OF circumstances. They
act without life purpose they take
any JOB that comes along which paws
immediate cash. with no thought OF a
permanent career or greater re
Enumeration at a future day. They Just
drift from one Job to another. making
p living. but receiving no more pay
At 30 than at %. only TO find that by \
establish a life purpose they have l
doomed themselves to the treadmill <
Of drudgery for the rest Of their lives I
LincOIn's Long Walks.
The lesson Of famous biographies Is ]
the value Of one, illuminating. all ]
controlling purpose. Such was the I
power OF purpose IN Abraham Lincoln. I
that when he commenced TO study law
he walked from New Salem TO Spring 4
field, % miles, returning the same day,
bringing with him four large QuartO-
volumes OF BLACKSTONE common
taries and when surprise was eX-
pressed that he should carry such
burden so many miles, the future presI-
dent smiliuEly said that in addition he
had read nearly a hundred pages on
his way home and trial proved thar
he could repeat most Of the pages
read.
Henry Wilson'S Success
Henry Wilson was bound out TO =
farmer in New Hampshire at ten years
OF age BY improving his odd moments
and limiting his sleeping hours he was
an educated man by the time he was
of age For a year after he was free
he worked on a farm at six dollars a
month Then he tied up his wardrobe
in handkerchief and walked one
hundred miles TO Natick, Massachu-
his route through Boston that he might |
visit Bunker Hill The trip cost him 1
one dollar and eighty cents In two :,
months from the time he learned 20
make shoes he was the best cobbler
I'm town & year later he was the /
best debater in the village lyceum- !
Eight years later he was in the state
legislature. where he made a speech /
statewide celebrity Two years later
he was a state senator In 20 years
from the time that he entered Natick
with all his worldly belongings under /
his arm. he stood shoulder TO shoulder I
with Charles sumner in the United !
States senate. IN the mighty conflict !
AGAINST slavery ~ neTner plOW ING f
studying. speaking or ShOema king he
had a grand purpose and a high aim
III life He acted as though the world I
waited for his coming and expected
him TO take a grand part in It.
GarfieId-s Determination.
James A Garfield when eighteen I
months old. lost his father Not a
single dollar was laid by for an emer-
gency- In the backwOods Of Ohio. /
without school advantages the boy
determined 10 cultivate his mind He ]
chopped wood. drove a team. titled the
soil, did everything he could to earn
a few pennies TO help his mother. At ]
l6 we find him a driver on a canal Z
boat, thirsting for more knowledge {
When he had earned enough money to : 7
paw for a quarters schooling with I q
one suit Of clothes and two shirts. he
started his studies and soon qualified z
himself TO teach G
Determined TO pursue his studies he a
became a bell ringer and sweeper IN 5
Hiram College The belI-rlnEer soon @
became a teacher He graduated from ( Z
Williams College with highest honors. Z
He became teacher in Hiram college. J C