Advice To A Young Man

And (hen reuiember, too, that the world s older than you are, by sevoral yrar ; that 'or thousands of ymrs it lus been so tull 01 miarter and botter young men than youriclf, that their f'eet stuck out of the dormer windows ; that whon they died the globo werjt whirling on, and not one man in ten million went to the ftineral, or even heard it' the death. Be as smart as you can, of Murse. Know a.s mueh as you can, without Mowing the ptoking out of your oyÜodw hcad.s ; shed the light of your wisdom abrnad in the world, but don't dazz'e people with it. And don't imagine a thing is so simple because you say t is. Don't be too torrs for jour father because he knows ?o mueh less than you do; remember the reply of the old President of JJrown University to the young man, wlio said it wa an t-.iy enough thing to make provérbi ueli a.s Solomoo wrote : "Make a few," tersely replifd the old man. And we never heard that the young man made any. Not more thau two or tliree, anyliow. The world has great need of young men, but no grpater need than the young men have of it. Your clothes fit you better than your father's fit him ; they eot more money, they are more stylish, your mustaehe is neater, the cut of jour hair is better, and you are prettier, - oh, far prettier than "pa." Uut, young man, the old gentleman gets the biggest salary, and bis homely, scrambling signature on the business end of a check will draw more money out of the bank in five minutes, than you eould getnutwitu a reani of paper and copper-plate signature in six nionths. Young men are useful, and they are ornamental, and we all love theui, and we couldn't engineer a picnic successfully without them. But they are no novehies. Oh, no, nothing of' the kind. They have been here before. Don't be so modest as to shut yourself clear out, but don't be so fresh you will have to be put away in the cool to keep f 'rom spoiling. Do not be afraid that your merit will not be discovered. People all over the world are hunt ing for you, and f you ure worth finding, they will find you. A diamond isn't so easily found asaquartz pebble, but people seanh for it all the more intensely.