Be Your Own Right Hand Man

Pcople who have been bolstered up nd lovcred all their lives, are seldom ;ood for anything in a crisis. When nisfortune comes, tbey look around for omebody to cling to, or lean upon. If he prop is not there, down tbey go. - )nce down, tliey are as belpless as capized turtles, or unhorsed men in arraor, nd tbey cannot find their feet again without assistance; sucb silken fellows o more resemble self-made men, who iave fought their way toposition, maldng liiEcultiea their stepping stones, and definí determination from their defeat, .han vinos resemble oaks, or spluttering ush lights the stars of beaven. EfForts ersisted to achievements train a man to elf-reliance, and when he has proven to he world that he can trust himaelf. the world will trust him. We say, therebre, that it is unwise to deprive young nen of the advantages which result from he energctic aetion, by " boosting " hem over obstaeles wbich they ought to urmount alone. No one ever awam well who placed bis confidence in a cork jack,et; and if when breasting the sea of life, we cannot buoy ourselves up and try to 'orce ourselves ahead by dint of our own energies, we are not salvage, and it is of ittle consequence whether we " siak or swim, survive or perish." One of the best lessons a fatber can live bis son is this : " Work; strengtben your moral and mental faculties, as you would strengthen your muscles by vigorous exereise. Lesrn to conquer circumstances, you are tben independent of ïbrtune. Tbe men of athletie miuds who eave their marks on the years in whicb they lived, were all trained in a rougb sobool. They did not mouut tbeir high position by the help of leverage, they ieaped into chasms, grappled with tbe opposing rocks, avoided avalancbfis, and when the goal was reaohed, feit tbat but for the toil that had strengthened them as tbey strove, it could never have been attained."