Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1882 — Some Hints for Boys. [ARTICLE]

Some Hints for Boys.

Avoid that which you see amiss in others. Follow the examples only of the good. Keep your ears open to all that is worth hearing, and closed to all that is not. An older person’s experience is of no value to you unless you profit by it. You are not building on the future, but on the past and present. Evil communications corrupt good manners. Nobody wants to deal with a doubleminded boy. Be industrous; the world wants boys who are not afraid of hard, steady work. “The empty vessel makes the greatest sound. < Rome boys inherit good fortunes, hut no boy ever inherited'a scholarship, a good fliaracter or a useful life. If you would be capable, cultivate your mind; if you would be loved, your heart. Never excuse a wrong action by saying x>me one else does the same thing; this is to excuse at\all. A hatchet-laced woman, of about fiftyone summers, with a wealth of freckles in her face and a snuff stick iu her mouth, got into a crowded car on Galveston avenue. There were half a dozen gentlemen on the car, but none of them offered to give her a seat. “Es cny of you galoots is waiting for me to squat in yer laps, you are barkin’ up the wrong tree, for I want you to understand I’m a lady.” A dread [that she was not in earnest caused six gentlemen to leave the car .—Galveston Newt.