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THE CHEMAWA .AMERICAN
... Hn easy Place,
A large number of young men Bpend a
great deal of time looking for a position
and the reason tbey are so hard to please
Is because tbey are seeking an easy place,
where they will have very little work to do
and receive a large salary.
To all such we would say that places of
that kind are very scarce and hard to
secure; even if you were to obtain such a
place it would, iu nine cases out of ten,
prove the very worst thing for you.
We would call attention to the fact that
the things that come to us in this life with
out working very bard for do not amount
to much. If this be true, then we should
accuetom oui selves to hard work in order
to secure those things which are of benefit
and value, and the only way to do this is
by putting strenuous efforts in the posi
tions in which we are placed, remembering
that success means sacrifice, selfdenial aod
a determination to do our best.
We were very much surprised a few years
ago in conversing with a young man who
was considering the question of a change
of position. In the course of our remarks
we referred to the contemplated change
and besaid that be was desirous of making
it for the reason that the new field was one
of the hardest in the district in which to
work, and that there was very little to do
in his present place. We afterward learn
ed that he was receiving $1200.00 per year
for his services at the old plane but he was
willing to accept the new, with greatly in
creased work, for $900.00 per year, in order
to accustom himself to hard work.
Truly he had the correot idea of work
and although wehave not been enabled to
keep in touch with him since that time,
we have no doubt thaf he Is to-day occupy
ing a position of high trust and respnnBibi
lity because h e has learned to love hard
Putfar from you the thought that the eaey
place is the best place; hard muscles and
strong hrains are not developed by shunning
the difficult tasks, and seeking yoiu own
ease and pleasures; of course it is well to be
choicy in the selection of a position, but al
ways aak yourself: "What development am
I to receive? will the dutiescreate a dfsire
for difficult work?will it bring to the sur
face my bestendeavors?"and if thoaeqiiea
tions can be answered in the affirmative
you had better accept the position even at
a low salary at the start, for If attentive to
duty you will soon become valuable to
juiu vuiVvym huu juur Maiary win uo m-
creased ae you increase in usefulness.
Seek, therefore, the hard places instead
of the easy ones, learn to "endure hard new
as a good soldier," cultivate the strenumii
life instead of the life of leisure, aud thui
secure that development of mind acJ
etature necessary to success.-r-Ex.
Storm and Sunshine.
Can't have roses all the year
Got to come a froBt;
But spring'll bring the sweeter rose
For every one that's lostl
Can't be singin' all the year
Life is half a sigh;
But Hope'll bring the sweeter song.
And sing it, by and by.
Storm and sunshine day by day
Sorrow can't destroy
-While we're bearin' oi the way
All thebellsof joyl
Atlanta Constitution.